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Outside Cuba Inside: Property From the Farber Collection of Contemporary Art
CARLOS GARAICOA (b. 1967)
The First Sowing of Hallucinogeneic Mushrooms in Havana
Details
CARLOS GARAICOA (b. 1967)
The First Sowing of Hallucinogeneic Mushrooms in Havana
signed, dated and titled 'C. GARAICOA, 1997. PROYECTO: PRIMER SEMBRADO DE HONGOS ALUCINOGENOS EN LA HABANA. Apuntado en La Habana, Cuba (Projecto Necesario)' (left panel of drawing)
graphite on paper; silver dye-bleach (Ilfochrome) print
31 ½ x 106 ¼ (80 x 270 cm) drawing
19 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (50.2 x 60.3 cm.) photograph
Executed in 1997.
The First Sowing of Hallucinogeneic Mushrooms in Havana
signed, dated and titled 'C. GARAICOA, 1997. PROYECTO: PRIMER SEMBRADO DE HONGOS ALUCINOGENOS EN LA HABANA. Apuntado en La Habana, Cuba (Projecto Necesario)' (left panel of drawing)
graphite on paper; silver dye-bleach (Ilfochrome) print
31 ½ x 106 ¼ (80 x 270 cm) drawing
19 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (50.2 x 60.3 cm.) photograph
Executed in 1997.
Provenance
Dianne Ghioto, New York (acquired directly from the artist).
Acquired from the above by the present owner (2009).
Acquired from the above by the present owner (2009).
Literature
A. Naranjo, "Cuesta abajo," Casa de las Américas, April-June 1999, issue 215, p. 87 (illustrated).
H. Block, Art Cuba: The New Generation, 2001, p. 28 (illustrated in color).
J. Andermann, et al., Latin American Cultural Studies: A Reader, 2018, p. 146 (illustrated in color).
H. Block, Art Cuba: The New Generation, 2001, p. 28 (illustrated in color).
J. Andermann, et al., Latin American Cultural Studies: A Reader, 2018, p. 146 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Vancouver, Contemporary Art Gallery, Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba, March-May 1997, p. 76 (illustrated in color).
Bogotá, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Aranago, Casa de Moneda; New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts; Caracas, Museo Alejandro Otero, Carlos Garaicoa, La ruina; la utopia, 2000, p. 59 (illustrated in color).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution, April 2001-Feburary 2002.
Bogotá, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Aranago, Casa de Moneda; New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts; Caracas, Museo Alejandro Otero, Carlos Garaicoa, La ruina; la utopia, 2000, p. 59 (illustrated in color).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution, April 2001-Feburary 2002.
Further Details
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Estudio Carlos Garaicoa, signed by Carlos Gariacoa Manso, dated 21 February 2024. We are grateful to the Estudio Carlos Garaicoa for their assistance cataloguing this work.
Brought to you by
Kristen France
Vice President, Specialist