KCHO AT HAVANA BIENNALE 2009

Under the slogan "Integration and resistance in the global era", this 10th edition of the Biennial, a fiesta of contemporary art from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa brings together over 300 artists from 54 countries, among them Cuba, with 120 artists from different generations and creative tendencies. Brazilians Flaminio Jallageas and Patricia Gerber, and South African Jane Alexandre are among foreign participants.

A look at unknown artists from nations of the South was what germinated the essence of the Havana Biennials, which began in 1984 and that, since 1989, include theoretical events on contemporary art and on other no less important issues.

Tradition and modern times; Challenging decolonization; Art, society and reflection; Individuals and their memories; Communication; Art and Life; Dynamics of Urban Culture; and Integration and Resistance have been, in that order, the themes or principles of previous Biennials.

In this globalized world, Cuba, also hit by the world crisis, once again opens its doors to contemporary art and to the artists, with their own identities.