Posts Tagged ‘art’

Martin Munro, Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas. Berkley: University of California Press, 2010 Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book’s dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Martin Munro’s groundbreaking work traces the central—and contested—role of music in shaping identities, politics, [...]

Curated by Alejandro de la Fuente and Elio Rodríguez Valdés Queloides/Keloids “is an art exhibit that seeks to contribute to current debates about the persistence of racism in contemporary Cuba and elsewhere in the world.“  Twelve artists are participating as the project moves from Havana, Cuba to Pittsburgh over the course of 2010-2011 including Pedro [...]





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