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An unprecedented art collaboration between the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the National Museum of Fine Arts brought the art exhibit “Wild Noise” to Cuba's capital Havana.
The exhibit displays 94 works of art of 54 different artists from the Bronx that were created between the 1960s and today. The works reflect on identity, urban culture and community. Wild Noise, the title of the art exhibit, is taken from a Victor Hugo poem that reflects on the chaos of city life, saying “My life is already in the shadow of death” and “the wild noise where infinity begins.”
The collaboration between the Bronx Museum of Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts is the most extensive cultural exchange between Cuba and the U.S. in over five decades, and is the fruit of three years of investigation and travel between New York and Havana.
“We are at the threshold of a new kind of relationship between Cuba and the U.S.— both politically and artistically,” said executive director of the Bronx Museum Holly Block, according to Art Daily. “The Bronx Museum has been working with the arts community from Cuba since the launch of the first Bienal de La Habana (Biennial in Havana) in 1984 and we are committed to continuing to build the cultural dialogue between our two countries.”
In 2016, 90 works of art from Havana's National Museum will also be featured in the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
The works of art can be seen at the National Museum of Fine Arts as part of the twelfth biennial of Havana.
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BxMA staffers in Cuba Install "Wild Noises" an unprecendented art exchange between #Cuba & U.S. #BronxArt #CubanArt pic.twitter.com/9LcHGNfdmM
— Bronx Museum (@BronxMuseum)
May 18, 2015
