>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:27:18 -0500 >To: "AICA MEMBERS 2000":; >From: Judith Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: AICA: Cuban Artists; "Fair Use" Discussion >Mime-Version: 1.0 > > 1) Member Ed Rubin alerts us to his slide talk: > > CUBAN ART, CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE EXPLORED > in LA VIDA LOCA: THE LIFE OF THE ARTIST IN CUBA > An Illustrated Lecture by Edward Rubin > at Cooper Union’s Wollman Auditorium, 51 Astor Place (between Third and >Fourth Avenues) at 7:00pm on April 10, 2000 > The lecture is free, and no reservations are necessary. > > Art commentator Edward Rubin offers a unique and penetrating view of >contemporary Cuban art and culture in La Vida Loca: The Life of the Artist >in Cuba. Travelling to Cuba last year, Rubin, through in-depth interviews, >in-home visits and first hand observation, experienced a rare glimpse of >the lives of artists and workers. Despite an unflagging United States >embargo, Castro's Cuba, exporting everything from revolution to sports, >music and art, has made an international mark disproportionate to its >size. The lecture aimed at the general public rather than the academically >minded, features thoughts on Cuba's history, speculation on its future, as >well as an honest look at social issues like prostitution, homosexuality, >tourism and the power of the Catholic Church. Rubin will also offer >personal remarks based upon his visit and his family's professional >relationship with the country as well. Slides of contemporary Cuban art >works, architecture and scenes from daily life will accompany these >remarks. > > "I like to think of this lecture as 'Cuba 101' - a wide-ranging, >comprehensive and provocative look at daily life in Cuba today, not only >for its artists but also for the rest of its citizens," Rubin says. "The >political, cultural and artistic strands of Cuban life are intricately >intertwined. It's a country in transition, if not controlled turmoil." >Rubin's article on his visit to Cuba was published in the November 1999 >issue of the New Art Examiner. > > Rubin has been a journalist, writer, arts commentator and sometimes >performance artist for over 20 years. He is a senior editor for Manhattan >Arts International and a regular contributor to the New Art Examiner. >Rubin's essays, commentary and photographs have also appeared in Artnews, >Windy City Times, Backstage, Philadelphia Inquirer, the Villager and the >now defunct Arts Magazine, Theatre Week and American Film. Rubin is a long >standing member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics), the >Outer Critics Circle and the New York Drama Desk. For more information, >call the Cooper Union Adult Education Forum at (212) 353-4195. > > 2) Member Gail Levin would like to initiate a dialogue on "Fair Use:" > > Is anyone else concerned that "Fair Use" has gone out of style for art >critics, curators, and art historians? We can't easily discuss works in >detail unless we reproduce them in their entirety. Yet rights agencies are >intimidating and even trying to collect large fees even for works already >in the public domain. The result is economic censorship. Literary critics >freely quote parts of novels or other literature, but we cannot easily >reproduce just fractions of art works. The College Art Association >represents artists as well as writers so is unlikely to campaign for art >writers' rights. Any interest out there? Thanks, Gail Levin >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Members are invited to respond directly to Gail or to Judith, who will >share comments with all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
