A not-to-be-missed presentation by Edel Rodriguez of Worm, a book that has been hailed as
“a stunning graphic memoir.” Known for his iconic art on the cover of Time, Der Spiegel, and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. In Worm, he draws from his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba, his family’s passage on the infamous Mariel boatlift, and his coming-of-age in the U.S. Through his superb artistry, Rodriguez establishes himself as an eloquent advocate for democracy everywhere.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by Iraida Iturralde, from our History and Literature Programs.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Institute of Latin American Studies
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUILDING
420 West 118th St. @ Amsterdam Ave., NYC
Conference Room 802
SPACE IS LIMITED
FREE ADMISSION
RSVP/REGISTER at: https://shorturl.at/WQ6hY
For additional details, write to: info@cubanculturalcenter.org
This event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature. It will be held in English.
Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban American artist who has exhibited internationally with shows in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Spain. Inspired by personal history, religious rituals, politics, memory, and nostalgia, his bold, figurative works are an examination of identity, cultural displacement, and mortality. He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1971, and raised in El Gabriel, a small farm town surrounded by fields of tobacco and sugar cane. In 1980 Rodriguez and his family boarded a boat and left for the U.S. during the Mariel boatlift. They settled in Miami where Rodriguez was introduced to and influenced by American pop culture for the first time. In 1994, Rodriguez graduated with honors in painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. In 1998, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from Manhattan’s Hunter College graduate program. Throughout his career, Rodriguez has received commissions to create artwork for numerous clients, including The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, and many other publications and book publishers. Rodriguez’s artwork is in the collections of a variety of institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., as well as in numerous private collections.
This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies and the Greater Caribbean Studies Program at Columbia University
And is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New YorkState Council on the Arts and the New YorkState Legislature.
With the promotional cooperation of Rialta, 14yMedio and Diario de Cuba
