While the future awaits: essays on anticipation, Duchamp and contemporary Cuban art by Gonzalo Gutierrez, B.A. (Honours) A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Art H istory Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario 1 August, 2013 © 2013, Gonzalo Gutierrez Abstract Anticipation is a basic human condition central to the formation of experience and expectation. This thesis investigates the presence of anticipation within specific th st continental philosophical traditions and key art histories of the 20 and 21 century. The first chapter focuses on the development of anticipation within particular philosophical traditions and asks what it means to treat anticipation historically and thus open to repetition. It does so by positioning the idea of anticipation within theorizations of the modern, the postmodern, Caonfdfe teh Me iclolntemporary. The second essay argues that Marcel Duchamp’s painting (1911) develops, perhaps for the first time, an anticipatory logic central to the artist’s oeuvre and legacy. The final essay investigates Duchamp’s legacy using two Cuban case studies of contemporary Cuban art: thEes ppraaccioti cAegsl uotfi naratdisotr Flavio Garciandía in the 1970s and Sandra Ceballos’ art space ( ) since the 1990s. This study highlights the nuanced role that anticipation plays in the construction of historical narratives. ii Acknowledgments This thesis is the product of lectures, conversations and friendships in Ottawa and Havana. In Cuba I would like to thank: Fernando Alonso, José Veigas, Magaly Espinosa, Cristina Vives, Ibrahim Miranda, Sandra Ceballos, Susana Pilar-‐Delahante, Rewell Altunaga, Grethell Rasua, Héctor Antón Castillo, and many other friends and collages that share with me their time and knowledge. In Ottawa at Carleton University I’m immensely grateful to my advisor prof. Mitchell B. Frank whose poise, trust in the project from the very beginning, his healthy skepticism has made this thesis far more exact than I would have ever anticipated. I also would like to thank my friends and professors Sandra Dyck, Jill Carrick, Carol Payne, Cristina Martinez Angela Carr, Aboubakar Sanogo, Ming Tiampo and Mark Phillips for their openness and patience towards my scholarly passions. And finally I would like to thank my family, especially my father for his support. This thesis is dedicated to Melissa and Lucia for their complicity. iii Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................ ii Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................... iii Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... iv List of Figures ............................................................................................................................. v Preface .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4 1.1. ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.2. ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 1.3. ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 2. Archeology of a silence .................................................................................................... 35 2.1. ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 2.2. ......................................................................................................................................................... 46 3. A complex of occasions .................................................................................................... 53 3.1 An unfolding discourse ........................................................................................................... 57 3.2 Openings ...................................................................................................................................... 61 3.3 The Cuban avant-‐garde ........................................................................................................... 64 3.4. A propos Flavio Garciandía .................................................................................................. 68 3.5 Auge o Decadencia del arte Cubano – exhibition-‐as-‐readymade ............................. 77 3.6 In-‐conclusions ............................................................................................................................ 86 Epilogue ..................................................................................................................................... 87 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................ 88 Figures ....................................................................................................................................... 95 Appendix 1 .............................................................................................................................. 120 Appendix 2 .............................................................................................................................. 121 iv List of Figures Figure 1 Marcel Duchamp Coffee Mill (etching) (1921-‐47) 25.5 x 20.3 cm Eau-‐forte Collection: Gonzalo Gutierrez Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 2 Marcel Duchamp Coffee Mill, (1911) 33 x 12.5 cm Oil on cardboard Collection: Tate Modern, London Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 3 Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger Du Cubisme deluxe edition (1947) (Various Artists) Book: 25 x 20. 5 cm. Prints: various dimensions 4 etchings (2 with drypoints, printed in black, and 4 etched or engraved reproductions; 2 suplementary suites: 1 printed in black and 1 printed in color; and 1 added duplicate signed signed etching by Jacques Villon Collection: Museum of Modern Art Source: Museum of Modern Art website Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 4 Marcel Duchamp The Box in the valise – Series A (1935-‐41) O Seven series (A-‐G), dimensions vary Miniature replicas and color reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp contained in a cloth-‐covered cardboard box enclosed in a valise of leather, imitation leather, or cloth-‐covered wood. Collection: Tokoro Gallery, Tokyo Source: Marcel Duchamp: The Portable Museum Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez v Figure 5 Marcel Duchamp Faulty Landscape (1946) 21 x 17 cm Seminal Fluid on Astralon, backed with black satin. Collection: Tokoro Gallery, Tokyo Source: Marcel Duchamp: The Portable Museum Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 6 Paul Cézanne Woman in Red(1890) 116.5 x 89. 5 cm Oil on canvas Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Source: Du Cubisme Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 7 Marcel Duchamp Sonata (1911) 146 x 113 cm Oil on canvas Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 8 Paul Cézanne Woman with a Coffee Pot (1890-‐94) 130 x 97 cm Oil on canvas Collection: Musée d’Orsay, Paris Source: Musée d’Orsay website Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 9 Olaf Gulbransson Bei den Futuristen (1916) Cartoon in Simplicissimus (magazine) Size unknown Collection: Online Collection of the Magazine Source: Online Collection of the Magazine vi Figure 10 Marcel Duchamp The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even [The Large Glass] (1915-‐23) 277.5 x 175 cm Oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels (cracked), each mounted between two glass panels, with five glass strips, aluminum foil, and a wood and steel frame Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 11 Marcel Duchamp Bicycle Wheel (1913) Original Lost, Dimensions not recorded Assited Readymade: bicycle wheel and fork upside down on a kitchen stool painted white Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 12 Marcel Duchamp Sieves, or Parasols (1914) 76. 9 x 55 cm Colored pencil, pencil, and pen and ink on paper Collection: Graphische Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 13 Marcel Duchamp Poster for the “Éditions et Sur Marcel Duchamp” exhibition (1967) 69. 5 x 48 cm Poster edition of 400 copies Collection : Galerie Givaudan, Paris Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez vii Figure 14 Flavio Garciandía Sonata, also known as, Retrato de Zaida (1973) 150 x 250, 5 cm Oil on Canvas Collection: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana Source: I insulted Flavio Garciandía in Havana Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 15 Flavio Garciandía Todo lo que usted necesita es amor (1975) 150 x 250 cm Oil on canvas Collection : Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana Source: I insulted Flavio Garciandía in Havana Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 16 Flavio Garciandía Marcel Duchamp está vivo (1974-‐75) 51 x 73 cm Mixed media on carboard Collection: Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland Source: I insulted Flavio Garciandía in Havana Photo: Gonzalo Gu tierrez Figure 17 Flavio Garciandía Yves Klein se lanza en el Malecón de la Habana (Restany se tiró después y se dio durísimo (2001) 150 x 210 cm Oil on canvas Collection: Private Collection, Madrid I insulted Flavio Garciandía in Havana Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 18 Flavio Garciandía Yo insulté a Clement Greenberg en la Habana (2004) 180 x 180 cm Oil on canvas Collection : Valdemarin, Madrid Source: I insulted Flavio Garciandía in Havana Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez viii Figure 19 FlavioGarciandía Auge o decadencia del arte Cubano (2006) (Catalogue) Close : (27 x 15 cm), Open : (44 x15 cm) Collection : Gonzalo Gutierrez Source : Gonzalo Gutierrez’s Archive Photo : Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 20 Marcel Duchamp Three standard stoppages (1913-‐14) The whole work is fitted into a wooden box, (129, 2 cm) L x (28 cm) D x (23 cm) W Assemblage, founded on chance Three pieces of thread each (100 cm) long, dropped from a height of one meter onto canvas (painted Prussian blue) and glued in pace Canvas cut into three strips, each (120 x 18.3 cm), glued to three glass panels (125. 4 x 18. 3 cm) Printed in gold letters on three black leather labels, each (5.3 x 8.2 cm) # STOPPAGES ÉTALON / 1913-‐14 Collection: The Museum of Modern Art Source: The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp (Catalogue Raisonné) Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 21 Flavio Garciandía Iba a decir algo muy importante…pero ya se me olvidó, (2011) (catalogue) Close: (20 x 20 cm), Open: (40 x 40 cm) Collection : Gonzalo Gutierrez Source : Gonzalo Gutierrez’s Archive Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 22 Flavio Garciandía Declaraciones (2011) 46 x 59 cm Poster Collection: Gonzalo Gutierrez Source: Gonzalo Gutierrez’s Archive Photo: Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 23 Antonio Eligio (Tonel), No se ha dado cuenta (2011) Non-‐recorded size Drawing: paper and ink Collection: Lázaro Saavedra’s collection Source: Altamente confidencial: Lázaro Saavedra en su isla ix Figure 24 Sandra Ceballos Curadores go home!! (2008) (Catalogue) Close : (22 x 9 cm), Open : (28 x 22 cm) Collection: Gonzalo Gutierrez Source : Gonzalo Gutierrez’s archive Photo : Gonzalo Gutierrez Figure 25 Ezequiel Suárez El Frente Bauhaus (1994) (Catalogue) (16 x 19 cm) Collection : Gonzalo Gutierrez Source : Gonzalo Gutierrez’s archive Photo : Gonzalo Gutierrez x
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