An exhibition dedicated to the work of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, one of the leaders of the San Isidro Movementwho has been imprisoned in Cuba since last July, will be inaugurated this week in Miami with the help of several institutions.
"Alcantara", "artist imprisoned in Cuba"shows the works that the artist’s partner, art curator Claudia Genlui Hidalgo, took out of Cuba last November and brought to Miami.
Otero Alcantara He was arrested on July 11or, the day in which the biggest protests against the Government and in favor of a change that have been registered in Cuba since the triumph of the revolution in 1959 broke out.
He is imprisoned in a prison in Guanajay and is accused of aggravated contempt, public disorder and instigation to commit a crime.
The exhibition, which will open its doors to the public from next April 22 at The ArtSpace galleryhas been curated by Claudia Genlui Hidalgo and supported by the Bacardí Family Foundation, El Espacio 23, owned by Cuban-born businessman Jorge Pérez, and I’ve Been Framed.
"His life has become a great performance, an exercise in constant resistance"says Genlui about Otero Alcántara.
The art curator reported through social networks that last Saturday the relatives of Otero Alcántara visited him in prison and found him "better mood"but "bad healthy".
The Cuban artist continues to have vision problems without the authorities agreeing to his claim to provide him with specialized medical care, Genlui Hidalgo denounced on Facebook.
Otero Alcántara’s health has deteriorated as a result of several hunger strikes, before and during his imprisonment.
In early April, his relatives reported that Otero Alcántara could be suffering from a severe eye disease after the partial paralysis he suffered during his last hunger strike.
"Everything that happens to him and happens to Luis is the responsibility of the Cuban government, which insists on isolating and torturing him.", Genlui stressed.