Diango Hernandez: Hurricanes

Federico Luger (FL GALLERY) presents at Spazio 22 the second solo exhibition by Diango Hernandez (Cuba, 1970) at the gallery after “Diamonds and Stones: My education” in 2008. Hernandez is one of the foremost conceptual artist from his generation.

“Hurricanes” consist of seven suspended sculptures of rusted metal bars describing hurricanes trajectories; simple diagrams showing the paths towards the most damaged historical sites. The installa- tion convey also the violent force of tropical storms that results in a temporary paralysis of social life, and remind us all about human fragility towards uncontrollable events and the force of nature.

The show includes also five paintings on Iokta paper from the series “Words to sea”. Words that Hernandez took from speeches that Fidel Castro made in 1961 and to which the artist applied a font he created on purpose and named “Waves”. In “Waves” all the letters look the same therefore the speeches ‘translated’ this way appear like a continuum of sea waves.