If I Lose Memory

In this volume Corina Matamoros brings together some of the most outstanding creators of the Cuban contemporary artistic scene, with essays that reveal a sharp curatorial perspective. Emerging, for the most part, from shows organised at the National Museum of Fine Arts (Havana), these texts examine the personal poetics of the authors, while revealing the intense consonance that has existed between their brilliant artistic productions and the sustained and faithful welcome they have received in the collections of the National Museum, to which the author has dedicated her professional life. Creators such as Jos Toirac, Los Carpinteros, Lzaro Saavedra, Carlos Garaicoa, Abel Barroso, Aime Garca, Sandra Ramos, Kcho, Eduardo Ponjun, Jos Manuel Fors, and Gustavo Prez Monzn, among others, are treated, according to the prologue by Dr. Juan Martnez, with vibrant prose, intelligence, and haiku economy. If I Lose Memory is an excellent addition to the corpus of literature on Cuban contemporary art. Text in English and Spanish. Contents: Prologue; JOS MANUEL FORS | A Pike in Flanders; CARLOS GARCA | A History of Abstractions; SANTIAGO RODRGUEZ OLAZBAL | Between Heaven and Earth; JOS TOIRAC | Coming Back; ALFREDO RAMOS | Vestiges; LOS CARPINTEROS | Inventing the World; CARLOS GARAICOA | The Architecture of the Amends; TANIA BRUGUERA | The Transposed Heads; ABEL BARROSO | Against the Borders; KCHO | The Drunken Boat; SANDRA RAMOS | Nautilus; EDUARDO PONJUN | Kiss Me again; ERNESTO RANCAO | Critical Biography Sketch; ROCO GARCA | If I Lose Memory; AIME GARCA | A Cautious Deception of Meanings; REN FRANCISCO RODRGUEZ | He Shaves His Body Self-Confidently; GLENDA LEN | Vital Signs; GLEXIS NOVOA | The Landscape and the Window; LZARO SAAVEDRA | The Lines Are Congested; GUSTAVO PREZ MONZN | Man, the Chosen Number; Artists Biographies.