Postcards from the Other Side
Sept 15th to Oct 15th, 2025, Gallery Atelier28, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Arrancame la vida con el ultimo beso de amor. acrylic on canvas, 70x118cm. 2025
Gone with the Macho Again (No ha más explicación que el clamor de esta canción, no me vuelvas a cantar esta canción, porque te mato ). acrylic on canvas, 118x82cm. 2025
La Monumental. acrylic on canvas, 60x100cm. 2025
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In Postcards From the Other Side, Elio Rodriguez transforms the familiar visual language of cinema publicity posters into hand-painted “postcards” that are anything but souvenirs. While postcards usually offer polished, romanticized snapshots of distant places, Rodriguez’s works reveal the contradictions, humor, and resilience of everyday life in Cuba. The title carries ironic weight: for outside audiences, “the other side” evokes a distant, exoticized place; for those within, it hints at the complexities of daily life under social and political constraints. These portraits blend satire, critique, and storytelling, turning what appears at first glance as surface-level charm into a mirror of deeper cultural and political realities.
XXV Contemporary Art Encounters Contest
May 22nd to July 20th, 2025, Alicante University Museum, Spain
Intervention Alicante Museum
May 5th to June 5th, 2025, Alicante, Spain
La Caja Muda OPEN STUDIO 2025
March 1st to 9th, 2025, Studio La Caja Muda, Carabanchel, Madrid
from March 1st to 9th, 2025, the Artist Studio La Caja Muda hosted a Open Studio of Elio Rodriguez, Susana Guerrero/Eduardo Infante, Guibert Rosales and Fabiola Rayas
JUNGLE'S SPIRIT
from January 9 to February 9, 2025, the new Art Space at EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), in Alicante, Spain will host this project
Published by SUNY Press. The book aspires to promote an understanding of historical and contemporary racial injustice, argues that Cuban cinema challenges the ways in which slavery has been fundamentally misremembered and misunderstood in North America and Europe, and asks how the medium of film might contribute to a renewal of emancipatory politics today. The book is currently available in hardback and as an e-book.
Dr. Philip Kaisary is 2023-2025 Ruth and Mark Phillips Professor of Cultural Mediations and Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies, the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and culture at Carleston University.
