Apolitico- Apolitical Prieto 2001- 2003
Grassa- Grease Prieto 2006
The Artist is Wilfredo Pietro of Cuba, An Artist I have followed recently, since scoring an Issue of the spoken of Frieze magazine containing an article on slapstick.
As a well produced Journal it is able to quantify a number of arts issues and understandings through genre. Using editorial to prove parallels that exist within life and culture, These magazines seem especially narrative, that issue, now donated to a friend for their pursuit of philosophical truth, is an Artistic object of use. The magazine maintains an aura, with voluminousness and extrapolation and intelligence.
Cuban(prof)Wilfredo Prieto (b78) has stunned the Modern Art world with prestigious prizes and critically acclaimed, mostly site specific installations, performances and gestures. Showing an intelligent humour that is all narrative, contradictory and sublime, it crosses many cultural boundaries, gently and may be appreciated as both art and great humor by all classes and ages of people, with the deeper end of Prieto's accomplishments providing vast justification and energy toward political debate and recently the environment.
The Pictured, Grassa-(GREASE) was an installation at a Cuban convent. Timed against the sake of its rotting ingredient, speaking volumes on the clean steps, while simply, remaining to be three simple household pieces of Grease, Soap and the Banana Skin.
Flags of nations(Apolitico, pictured) have their Sovereign colours dulled into a featureless grey. Other work includes a walk about Cuba, wearing thongs with a tread facing backward (Huella), and a crane in a pit tries to winch itself off the ground.
In, A Moment of Silence, the Artist will download two minutes of immediate idle time into your computer (links below), it is safe to use.
He was present I believe, in the recent Havana Biennale
[Humour is about timing and placement and 'narrative' builds or is revealed as the comedic moment bursts.]
http://www.diaart.org/prieto/download.html
http://www.frieze.com/magazine/
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