IN A DEMONSTRATION OF CULTURAL FRATERNITY CUBAN and PUERTO RICAN HOLD VISUAL ART EXHIBITION

IN A DEMONSTRATION OF CULTURAL FRATERNITY CUBAN and PUERTO RICAN HOLD VISUAL ART EXHIBITION

^{November 6-December 18, 2015}

^{The Clemente-Abrazo and LES Galleries}

^{107 Suffolk Street (Rivington & Delancey Streets)}

^{Lower East Side}

Visual art group exhibition of over 20 Cuban and Puerto Rican artists will be held at the Abrazo and LES Art Galleries at The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (the Clemente), in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.The exhibition, which opens November 6 from 6-9 pm and runs through December 18, is part of the annual Borimix initiative and explores the relationship between the two island nations and their respective diasporas.

Titled “Boricuba 2X2,” the exhibition takes as its point of departure the famous statement that Puerto Rico and Cuba are “wings of the same bird”, alluding to multiple similarities in their background.  The exhibition includes sculpture, painting, drawing, prints and installation made by Cuban and Puerto Rican artists. According to the curators Alexis Mendoza and Miguel Trelles, “Puerto Rico and Cuba share a strong Taino strand, a common Spanish colonial heritage and have African presence that have acted as ciphers of geopolitical brinkmanship since colonial days.” Boricuba 2X2 is a fraternal exhibition aiming to strengthen the bonds of history, mutual respect and solidarity that bind both islands in order to share them with New York City.

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