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Art exhibit gives museum a Cuban flair
Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island, a contemporary Cuban art exhibit, is on display at the Spencer Museum of Art. This Kayak, by Kcho, is one of the many works on display until March 18. Photo by Eric Hedinger/KANSAN
By Brandon Stinnett joyplay@kansan.com Joyplay writer
The Spencer Museum of Art's newest exhibit, "Contemporary Art From Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island," showcases a wide variety of art from watercolor or paintings to a 17-foot kayak laying on a bed of beer bottles. The exhibit, organized by the Arizona State University Art Museum, will be on display through March 18.
Andrea Norris, director of the Spencer Museum of Art, said the exhibit came to the University to give Lawrence a glimpse of Cuban culture.
"Cuba is a place that we don't know a lot about right now, but we we're starting to learn more about it." Norris said. "People are starting to get more and more interested in Cuba, independent of the fact that we still have an embargo on trade with Cuba, and that we're still not really supposed to go there."
Norris said the museum decided to bring in the exhibit because of a growing number of talented, contemporary artists living in Cuba.
"We were aware that there were some important and exciting artists from Cuba already, so let's bring a whole group of them to Lawrence, and give people an opportunity to see what kind of work is being produced by this
country, where people think nobody is allowed to do anything or know anything or think anything," Norris said. "We only think it is horribly oppressed place when, in fact, there are some very vibrant aspects of Cuban culture that are still flourishing."
Most of the artwork in the exhibit deals with pressing issues that Cubans face in their everyday lives.
"They don't do pretty pictures of palm trees and beach cabanas," Norris said.
The kayak, perched atop a bed of beer bottles, has caught attention. The 17-foot vessel, constructed by an artist named Kcho, makes reference to people who risk their lives in the open sea while fleeing Cuba. Randy Jones, Leawood sophomore, said the kayak was the most accurate of the exhibits
"It has representation," Jones said. "Its kind of important that they use American beer. That may be the aspect of life transcending from Cuba to America, like the way they were trying to come from Cuba to America."
Overall, Jones said he felt more in tune with Cuban culture after checking out the exhibit.
"They use a lot of water and color," he said. "It seems like the country is happier after the revolution because they use a lot of color."
Edited by Jacob Roddy
FINE ARTS CALENDAR
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- Ford Free Fridays at the Nelson-Attkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Hallmark Symposium: Bhakti Ziek lecture at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium; 6 p.m.
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As the first few minutes of The Wedding Planner unfold, many viewers will ask themselves, "Haven't I seen this before?"
That is, until she meets the man of her dreams, and her two worlds collide. Mr. Right (Matthew McConaughey) turns out to be the groom in a wedding she is planning.
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drawn to one another. Their relationship is poorly developed, making it hard to understand why either character would be willing to risk their future for what seems to be merely a lusty attraction.
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Despite McConaughey's charming grin, his character takes such a moral blow in the beginning of the movie that it is hard to pull for him in later scenes. It is even more difficult to understand why Lopez' character continues to pine for him.
Not to say this movie is entirely horrible, it has its moments. One of the funniest involves McConaughey's misfortune with a statue's dismembered genitalia.
Despite the movie's tired, old plot, Lopez and McConaughey manage to bring a spirited energy to the screen.
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