The exhibition explores the problem of the predatory impact of capitalism on nature and human society due to the concentration of wealth and the promotion of exploitation and consumerism

Havana, May 2 (RHC) The School of the End of the World art and education project between Cuba and Mexico finalizes details to open tomorrow at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana.

The proposal, conceived as a continuous process divide into three stages, will be developed by the museum, the Faculty of Arts and Design (FAD) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the visual artist and professor of that university, José Miguel González Casanova, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.

According to museum specialist Maite Dublon, this Friday will begin with the inauguration of the Codex of the End of the World exhibition, of large-format drawings made by González, which will be displayed in the Temporary Room of the Universal Art Building, where it will remain open until June 30.

The exhibition explores the problem of the predatory impact that capitalism has had on nature and human society, due to the concentration of wealth and the promotion of exploitation and consumerism.

Based on documentary research about the planetary situation in the post-industrial era, the Mexican artist takes advantage of the cultural precedent of the Aztec codices to integrate two ideas into this proposal: drawing as a diagram, and drawing as a ritual action.

In the series of 10 large-format drawings, he experiments with materials such as amate paper, oil, fire, gold and his own blood.

Meanwhile, in a second stage during the month of July and coordinated by González, art-education workshops will be developed in the room with the participation of communities of Havana and the Museum's public, through dialogue and actions that generate collaborative research and museum pieces, which will be integrated into an exhibition.

These workshops will be conducted by teaching artists Brenda Anayatzin Ortiz, professor of Photography at the FAD of the UNAM; and Idaid Rodríguez, professor at the Seminar on Alternative Supports at the FAD. On the Cuban side, Glenda Salazar, professor of Photography at the University of the Arts, and Juan Carlos Rodríguez, director of the Pinar del Río Art Museum and coordinator of the artistic-pedagogical project Farmacia, will participate.

In the third stage, in August, the teaching artists will meet during a seminar in Taxco and Mexico City, to generate similar experiences with Mexican audiences and specialists. (Source: PL)