Sandra Ramos in Conversation

In this event at Harvard Art Museums on Wednesday, March 8, Cuban-born artist Sandra Ramos will be in conversation with curator Mary Schneider Enriquez. They will discuss the artist’s practice, which began in the 1980s in Cuba; the fall of the Berlin Wall and the economic scarcities that followed; and her move to the United States, which has given Ramos, as an immigrant, a sharply clarifying lens on both cultures and the tensions between them. Before the discussion, attend a reception and tour of "Both Sides Now: Sandra Ramos" at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). The tour will be led by Sandra Ramos, Marcela V. Ramos and Mary Schneider Enriquez, from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

In her exhibition "Both Sides Now: Sandra Ramos," on view at the nearby David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Ramos uses wit and humor to pose a cultural critique of Cuban republican history while exposing the failings of democratic systems against totalitarian regimes in our time. Through photographs, drawings, collage, sculpture and video, Ramos reveals a personal and ironic perspective on the challenges of displacement and the sociopolitical and economic realities of her country.