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58-744: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ( YBCA ) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco , California , United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens , YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area 's diverse communities. YBCA programs year-round in two landmark buildings—the Galleries and Forum by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and
116-467: A beginning riot. The event has attracted widespread media coverage both in favor and against her action and a public letter in support of Tania addressed to Raúl Castro was written and signed by over a thousand people across the globe. The letter stated: ‘We firmly believe her detention, and the withdrawal of her Cuban passport, are inappropriate responses to a work of art that simply sought to open space for public discussion.’ Eventually she
174-469: A behavior art piece titled " Destierro" (Displacement). This piece of work resembles the power figure ‘Nikis Nkonde’ and is supposed to draw attention to the empty promises the Cuban government made to its people during the revolution. With this piece of art Tania calls upon the Cuban people to take an active stance and demand that the Cuban government finally fulfill their promises. In 2002 Bruguera founded
232-477: A better country. Patrons of the Kickstarter campaign were offered to have a message of their choice delivered to the Cuban government during Bruguera’s next interrogation. In October 2017, Tania Bruguera announced that she would be running for "President of Cuba", when the current President Raul Castro (brother of Fidel Castro) steps down. Bruguera has stated that the satirical performance is an act to expose
290-603: A ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war . Organizers demanded that the museum remove all "Zionist Board members and funders" of YBCA, participate in the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel , and not censor artists from solidarity statements. The museum had previously prevented artist Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo from displaying "Free Palestine" in an outdoor exhibition, and censored artist Jeff Cheung's intended mural featuring colors of
348-834: A chic atmosphere, while Space 1026 created YBCA's mural, a showcase of social and physical dimensions. Solo exhibitions for artists include Tania Bruguera 's Talking to Power and Damon Rich and Jae Shin's Space Brainz . (2017). Dance at YBCA includes various forms from many various cultures. In October 2008, Israeli choreographers Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak presented their production of "Shaker" by combining ballet, modern dance, mime, and acrobatic techniques. In addition to more collaborative art forms, YBCA also presents more classical forms of dance, such as ballet. Alonzo King held his company LINES Ballet at YBCA in November 2004, which centered on African American field recordings with various forms of music, narrative, and film playing in
406-698: A contemporary artist" and that they "are in it for all the wrong reasons." Some competitions, awards, and prizes in contemporary art are: This table lists art movements and styles by decade. It should not be assumed to be conclusive. Tania Bruguera Tania Bruguera (born 1968 in Havana, Cuba ) is a Cuban artist and activist who focuses on installation and performance art . She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she works as head of media and performance at Harvard University . Bruguera has participated in numerous international exhibitions. her work
464-466: A dozen other artists and activists for organizing sit-in protests against Decree 349. However, her sister informed 'The Art Newspaper' that the Cuban authorities are keeping her under house arrest and they are building a penal case against the artist. Bruguera filed a lawsuit against the Cuban government for defamation after the publication of information that sought to "damag[e] [the artist] and [her] family, psychologically, socially, and professionally,”
522-622: A hugely diverse group of artists, activists and leaders and celebrating a nationwide community of innovative and inspirational individuals and organizations." In March 2021 YBCA partnered with San Francisco Arts Commission , San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to launch a guaranteed income program. The pilot program would give $ 1,000 a month to 130 artists below certain income levels for six months, beginning in May 2021. It
580-467: A lamb carcass hanging from her neck, creating both a physical and symbolic burden. For 45 minutes, she consumed soil mixed with water and salt, representing tears. As Edward Rubin described it, "the harrowing piece was first performed in Havana, where the audience was duly reminded that freedom, liberty, and self-determination are not abstract ideals, but achievements that deeply inscribe their meaning on our physical being." In 1998–1999 Bruguera created
638-413: A particular issue; galleries and critics are often reluctant to divide their work between the contemporary and non-contemporary. Sociologist Nathalie Heinich draws a distinction between modern and contemporary art, describing them as two different paradigms which partially overlap historically. She found that while " modern art " challenges the conventions of representation , "contemporary art" challenges
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#1732764685349696-403: A permanent collection of contemporary art inevitably find this aging. Many use the formulation "Modern and Contemporary Art", which avoids this problem. Smaller commercial galleries, magazines and other sources may use stricter definitions, perhaps restricting the "contemporary" to work from 2000 onwards. Artists who are still productive after a long career, and ongoing art movements , may present
754-471: A public performance with the intention of leaving an open microphone available to Cubans to allow them to freely express their thoughts. The performance, titled Tatlin’s wisper #6 – Havana Version , was already staged in 2009 during the 10th Havana Biennial . During Tatlin's Whisper #5 (2008), participants at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall where the performance happened, were confronted by mounted police officers, who confronted them down as though compromised with
812-529: A site-specific piece in which Bruguera recreates objects and performances created by Mendieta. Bruguera's 1997 work The Burden of Guilt ( El peso de la culpa ) was the artist's take on a story of mass suicide of a group of indigenous Cubans who have consumed large amounts of soil in order to show their resistance to the Spanish occupation. Bruguera interpreted their act of eating dirt as "a weapon of resistance." In her performance, Bruguera stood, naked, with
870-655: A year living in a small apartment in Corona, Queens, with five immigrants and their children. She was interested in experiencing some problems immigrants without residency papers encountered trying to survive on low pay and without health insurance. The project, funded by the Queens Museum of Art and a nonprofit arts group called Creative Time , also involved opening a storefront in New York where Bruguera wanted to hold arts workshops for immigrants, but found that most of
928-543: Is "distinguished by the very lack of a uniform organizing principle, ideology, or - ism" that is seen in many other art periods and movements. Contemporary art does not have one, single objective or point of view, so it can be contradictory and open-ended. There are nonetheless several common themes that have appeared in contemporary works, such as identity politics , the body, globalization and migration, technology , contemporary society and culture, time and memory, and institutional and political critique. The functioning of
986-501: Is a call to action, because there's no way that you can see this picture unless you join together with many, many other people." In 2021, the Pérez Art Museum Miami acquired Bruguera's work El peso de la culpa (The Burden of Guilt) as part of the institution's new acquisitions initiative. Bruguera has participated in numerous international exhibitions, including Documenta 11 (2002), Documenta fifteen (2022),
1044-480: Is a legitimate and reasonable response to much contemporary art. Brian Ashbee in an essay called "Art Bollocks" criticizes "much installation art, photography, conceptual art , video and other practices generally called post-modern" as being too dependent on verbal explanations in the form of theoretical discourse. However, the acceptance of nontraditional art in museums has increased due to changing perspectives on what constitutes an art piece. A common concern since
1102-542: Is contemporary is naturally always on the move, anchored in the present with a start date that moves forward, and the works the Contemporary Art Society bought in 1910 could no longer be described as contemporary. Particular points that have been seen as marking a change in art styles include the end of World War II and the 1960s. There has perhaps been a lack of natural break points since the 1960s, and definitions of what constitutes "contemporary art" in
1160-511: Is exhibited by professional artists at commercial contemporary art galleries , by private collectors, art auctions , corporations, publicly funded arts organizations, contemporary art museums or by artists themselves in artist-run spaces . Contemporary artists are supported by grants, awards, and prizes as well as by direct sales of their work. Career artists train at art school or emerge from other fields. There are close relationships between publicly funded contemporary art organizations and
1218-594: Is in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art and Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana . Bruguera's work pivots around issues of power and control, and several of her works interrogate and re-present events in Cuban history . As a result of her artistic actions and activism, Bruguera has been arrested and jailed several times. She
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#17327646853491276-834: Is paid through the Arts Impact Endowment established by Proposition E in 2018, which allocates 1.5% of the city's hotel tax to arts and cultural services. This follows similar programs in Stockton , Oakland , and Marin County to support artists during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . In 2024, YBCA galleries closed for a month following disruptions from an artist collective in the Bay Area 9 exhibit, in which artists altered their own works on display with messages in support of freedom for Palestinians and
1334-417: Is simply beautiful." Contemporary art can sometimes seem at odds with a public that does not feel that art and its institutions share its values. In Britain, in the 1990s, contemporary art became a part of popular culture, with artists becoming stars, but this did not lead to a hoped-for "cultural utopia". Some critics like Julian Spalding and Donald Kuspit have suggested that skepticism, even rejection,
1392-489: Is the intent for social change through education provided by another culture or by creating a community around a purpose. Although month to month there are not many purely musical performances, music is often incorporated with other performing arts, such as dance or theater. In addition to being a venue for musical performances, YBCA also acts as a non-collecting museum. The various art exhibits YBCA offers emphasize its celebration of both local and world art. For example, in 2008
1450-613: The Cátedra Arte de Conducta (Behavior Art School) in Havana to provide a space for the training of alternative art studies in contemporary Cuban society. The focus of the Cátedra was to educate young Cuban artists on diverse styles of art, and to show how art could be used as a tool for the transformation of ideology. Additionally, the Cátedra itself can be understood as an artwork in the manner of institutional critique , social practice , or parasitism, with Bruguera re-formulating
1508-699: The Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana and then earned an M.F.A. in performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago . She is the founder and director of Catédra Arte de Conducta (behavior art school), the first performance studies program in Latin America , which is hosted by Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana . From 2003 through 2010, she was an assistant professor at
1566-610: The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) is co-director with Bruguera of the Asociación. In 2017, Bruguera proposed herself as a candidate in the 2018 Cuban Presidential Election in a video called #YoMePropongo en Cuba. In this project, she challenges the audience to imagine what they would do to create a better future Cuba, if they were elected president. To date, Bruguera has received 70 video responses from everyday Cubans expressing their desires to reform
1624-461: The Palestinian flag . An open letter by current and former museum employees expressed solidarity with the artist collective. Interim CEO Sara Fenske Bahat resigned amid the backlash, and county supervisor Hillary Ronen called for a special hearing into the museum's continued closure. The exhibition re-opened with the artist alterations intact, accompanied by new signage. Yerba Buena Center for
1682-507: The 2010s vary, and are mostly imprecise. Art from the past 20 years is very likely to be included, and definitions often include art going back to about 1970; "the art of the late 20th and early 21st century"; "both an outgrowth and a rejection of modern art"; "Strictly speaking, the term 'contemporary art' refers to art made and produced by artists living today"; "Art from the 1960s or [19]70s up until this very minute"; and sometimes further, especially in museum contexts, as museums which form
1740-469: The Americas Art of Oceania Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced , culturally diverse , and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic combination of materials , methods, concepts, and subjects that continue the challenging of boundaries that
1798-544: The Arts embraces many musical genres and styles. Not only does the center provide a stage for Bay Area instrumental and vocal musicians and ensembles, it also offers a sampling of musical practices from all over the world. Along with solo performances, YBCA also has invited various musical projects to use its facilities, such as the tribute to composer Elliott Carter in 2008 and the Long Now Foundation in 2010. The connection between these various musical practices
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1856-817: The Bienal Iberoamericana in Lima, Peru (2002), the Istanbul Biennial (2003), the Shanghai Biennale (2004), and the Gwangju Biennale in Gwangju, Korea (2008). Her work is also in the permanent collections of many institutions around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana . Bruguera was arrested and released three times in
1914-426: The Cuban government give her a signed and stamped letter guaranteeing that she could return to Cuba. On March 3, 2016, she launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for INSTAR (Institute of Artivism Hannah Arendt). The Institute focuses on creating bridges of trust, peaceful and considered responses in times of hardship, and to create a place where people with different political views can come together to build
1972-683: The Department of Visual Arts of the University of Chicago , United States and is an invited professor at the Università Iuav di Venezia in Venice , Italy . In 2021 Bruguera departed Cuba in exchange for the government to free activists imprisoned in that year after she got the job offer at Harvard University. In 1985–96, after the death of Ana Mendieta , Bruguera created a series of performances titled Tribute to Ana Mendieta ,
2030-460: The adjacent Theater by American architect James Stewart Polshek and Todd Schliemann. Betti-Sue Hertz served as Curator from 2008 through 2015. The museum was conceived as part of a deal by mayor George Moscone with developers to "set aside land and funds for cultural institutions such as museums, exhibits, and theaters" for the redevelopment projects in South of Market, San Francisco . The museum
2088-510: The art group Royal Art Lodge presented their psychologically surrealist works, challenging the viewer using simple drawings and more pronounced techniques like cutups. YBCA not only holds specific art shows and exhibits but also is carefully aided by various artists in creating particular atmospheres for its spaces. For instance, Instant Coffee, another artist group, designed a lounge room within YBCA for visitors to simply sit and listen to records with
2146-490: The art world is dependent on art institutions, ranging from major museums to private galleries, non-profit spaces, art schools and publishers, and the practices of individual artists, curators, writers, collectors, and philanthropists. A major division in the art world is between the for-profit and non-profit sectors, although in recent years the boundaries between for-profit private and non-profit public institutions have become increasingly blurred. Most well-known contemporary art
2204-456: The background. YBCA features all types of cinematic endeavors, including documentaries on a variety of subjects, art-house movies and foreign films. For instance, during the 2009 summer season, it showed documentaries dealing with female masochists ( Graphic Sexual Horror ), and industrial design ( Objectified ) while also presenting obscure movie topics, such as its show Winning Isn't Everything: A Tribute to 1970's Sports Film which included
2262-628: The commercial sector. For instance, in 2005 the book Understanding International Art Markets and Management reported that in Britain a handful of dealers represented the artists featured in leading publicly funded contemporary art museums. Commercial organizations include galleries and art fairs. Corporations have also integrated themselves into the contemporary art world , exhibiting contemporary art within their premises, organizing and sponsoring contemporary art awards, and building up extensive corporate collections. Corporate advertisers frequently use
2320-461: The corrupt government, include affordable housing, and improve their weak economy. In 2018, she was the recipient of a commission for the Tate Modern 's Turbine Hall . For the installation, Bruguera covered part of the floor with heat-sensitive black paint; when visitors sat or lay upon it, part of a vast portrait of a Syrian refugee beneath was revealed. Curator Catherine Wood explained, "It
2378-418: The early part of the 20th century has been the question of what constitutes art. In the contemporary period (1970 to now), the concept of avant-garde may come into play in determining what artworks are noticed by galleries, museums, and collectors. The concerns of contemporary art come in for criticism too. Andrea Rosen has said that some contemporary painters "have absolutely no idea of what it means to be
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2436-479: The fact of Cuba being a one party state that is not elected by the people. She is hoping to enact change with bringing to light this reality, removing the culture of fear. Bruguera was arrested in December 2018 in advance of a planned protest against a Cuban law (Decree 349) that would require artists to apply for government licenses. On December 6, 2018, Bruguera was released from jail after three days along with
2494-607: The institutional frameworks of the Cuban national art school , the Havana Bienal, and the money- and influence-fueled international art circuit to unintended purposes. "Using her position within this social milieu, Bruguera advanced the careers of her [ Cátedra ] students by exhibiting their artworks as her own participation in the Havana Bienal." Bruguera's performance in Havana at the Havana Biennial of Tatlin's Whisper #6 2009 generated great controversy. During
2552-590: The movie The Cheerleaders . The film program was placed on indefinite hiatus in 2018. The center has been the site for product launches by Apple Inc. , including iPods and the iPad . In 2019, it hosted the How I Built This Summit with Guy Raz . 37°47′07″N 122°24′08″W / 37.785389°N 122.402284°W / 37.785389; -122.402284 Contemporary art Art of East Asia Art of South Asia Art of Southeast Asia Art of Europe Art of Africa Art of
2610-522: The people who came to the store were interested in learning English or help finding employment or legal aid. In 2012, she presented Surplus Value, a participatory work as part of the larger project of Immigrant Movement International at Tate Modern. In order to enter Surplus Value, museum visitors waited in a long line, and they were required to pass a polygraph test about their visa applications. The exhibition space contained four reproductions of signs from Nazi labor camps. In 2013, she initiated
2668-512: The performance Bruguera put up a microphone and told people in attendance they could say whatever they wanted for one minute. Performers wearing military fatigues placed a white bird upon each speaker's shoulders, referencing the famed incident when a dove rested on Fidel Castro's shoulder during his speech declaring revolutionary victory in January 1959. Various of the attendees use the opportunity to ask for “freedom” and “democracy”. One of these
2726-554: The prestige associated with contemporary art and coolhunting to draw the attention of consumers to luxury goods . The institutions of art have been criticized for regulating what is designated as contemporary art. Outsider art , for instance, is literally contemporary art, in that it is produced in the present day. However, one critic has argued it is not considered so because the artists are self-taught and are thus assumed to be working outside of an art historical context. Craft activities, such as textile design, are also excluded from
2784-612: The project The Museum of Arte Útil in collaboration with Queens Museum of Art in New York and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (NL). Arte Útil in Spanish roughly translates as useful art, but also suggests art as a device or tool. Arte Útil imagines, creates and implements socially beneficial outcomes. The Museum of Arte Útil evolved in the Asociación de Arte Útil, a new, international membership organisation that seeks to promote and implement Arte Útil. Alistair Hudson, director of
2842-406: The realm of contemporary art, despite large audiences for exhibitions. Art critic Peter Timms has said that attention is drawn to the way that craft objects must subscribe to particular values in order to be admitted to the realm of contemporary art. "A ceramic object that is intended as a subversive comment on the nature of beauty is more likely to fit the definition of contemporary art than one that
2900-535: The term were founded in the 1930s, such as in 1938 the Contemporary Art Society of Adelaide , Australia , and an increasing number after 1945. Many, like the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston changed their names from ones using "modern art" in this period, as Modernism became defined as a historical art movement , and much "modern" art ceased to be "contemporary". The definition of what
2958-532: The terms modern art and contemporary art by non-specialists. The classification of "contemporary art" as a special type of art, rather than a general adjectival phrase, goes back to the beginnings of Modernism in the English-speaking world. In London , the Contemporary Art Society was founded in 1910 by the critic Roger Fry and others, as a private society for buying works of art to place in public museums. A number of other institutions using
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#17327646853493016-640: The time frame of December 2014 through January 2015 for having organized a public performance in La Havana's Plaza de la Revolución . She was detained with several other Cuban artists, activists, bloggers and journalists who participated in the 'Yo Tambien Exijo' campaign. The campaign arose after Raúl Castro and Barack Obama ’s declarations on December 17, 2014 about the restoration of diplomatic ties, potentially bringing an end to five decades of hostility. The first arrests were made on Tuesday, December 30, after Bruguera announced
3074-468: The very notion of an artwork . She regards Duchamp 's Fountain (which was made in the 1910s in the midst of the triumph of modern art) as the starting point of contemporary art, which gained momentum after World War II with Gutai 's performances, Yves Klein 's monochromes and Rauschenberg 's Erased de Kooning Drawing . Contemporary artwork is characterised by diversity: diversity of material, of form, of subject matter, and even time periods. It
3132-460: Was already well underway in the 20th century. Diverse and eclectic, contemporary art as a whole is distinguished by the very lack of a uniform, organising principle, ideology, or " -ism ". Contemporary art is part of a cultural dialogue that concerns larger contextual frameworks such as personal and cultural identity, family, community, and nationality. In English, modern and contemporary are synonyms , resulting in some conflation and confusion of
3190-562: Was born Tania Brugueras, the daughter of diplomat and politician Miguel Brugueras , but aged 18 changed her name to Bruguera, "her first act of political rebellion". With her father being a diplomat and minister in the Fidel Castro government, Tania moved three times throughout her childhood. Her father's career took the family to Paris (1973–1974), Lebanon (1974–1977), and Panama (1977–1979). In 1979, two years after her third move, Bruguera decided to return to Cuba. Bruguera studied at
3248-474: Was opened in 1993. YBCA produces a triennial of Northern California art called Bay Area Now . Sarah Hotchkiss states of the 2018 Bay Area Now 8, "It's so rare for the local art scene to see its own members getting large-scale institutional attention— while those artists are still alive —that Bay Area Now has come to occupy a hallowed role in the community." In 2014 YBCA initiated the YBCA 100 list "honoring
3306-478: Was released and the Cuban government returned Tania Bruguera's passport on July 10, 2015, six months after confiscating it. In December 2015, Bruguera announced that she may still return to Cuba. She said that during the time of her detention she only agreed to leave under two conditions: that dissidents who were arrested after attending her aborted performance in Revolution Square be released; and that
3364-445: Was the renowned dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez . The Cuban government denounced this in a statement saying that it considered “this to be an anti-cultural event of shameful opportunism that offends Cuban artists and foreigners who came to offer their work and solidarity." In 2011, Bruguera began working on Immigrant Movement International, a multi-part artwork expected to continue through 2015. Bruguera began in 2011 by spending
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