Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking

Exhibition Website

Oct 9 2018 - Jan 12 2019

Americas Society

New York City, NY

Lydia Cabrera and Èdouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking focuses on the ideas developed by the prominent Caribbean thinkers Lydia Cabrera (Havana, 1899–Miami, 1991) and Èdouard Glissant (Sainte-Marie, Martinique, 1928–Paris, 2011) and an archipelago of modern and contemporary artists whose works respond to their notions of identity. 

Artists include: Etel Adnan, Kader Attia, Tania Bruguera, Manthia Diawara, Mestre Didi, Melvin Edwards, Simone Fattal, Sylvie Glissant, Koo Jeong A, Wifredo Lam, Marc Latamie, Roberto Matta, Julie Mehretu, Philippe Parreno, Amelia Peláez, Asad Raza, Anri Sala, Antonio Seguí, Diamond Stingily, Elena Tejada-Herrera, Jack Whitten, and Pedro Zylbersztajn.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.          

  • Various Media
  • Latin American
  • Etel Adnan
  • Tania Bruguera
  • Manthia Diawara
  • Melvin Edwards
  • Simone Fattal
  • Sylvie Glissant
  • Wifredo Lam
  • Amelia Peláez
  • and others

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