Otari Oliva
Los idiotas
1989-2009 digital print.
Courtesy of Espacio Aglutinador, Havana.
Born in Havana 1978; live in Havana.
"To try to understand Art" is Otari Oliva's main investigation. Otari avoids all those theoretic formulations that restrain, instead, he quotes the idea of "art" from all possible perspectives in trying to reduce his art work to a more accessible level of knowledge. A sort of actions, which are minimal, insignificant, without any thoughtful pretensions, and that are not even documented, he pursues to proof an "authentic artistic moment" right after the event has reached its conclusion. In the effort to prove the hopelessness of transferring the information to another space and time-, Otari creates a fictitious record of the event.
Education
1999-2003 ISA (Superior Institute of Arts).
1994-1998 Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro.
Exhibitions
2009
Trabajos Veraniegos: Tiempo es poder;
private home, Havana, Cuba.
Las Armas de Uruk; Vivarta Studio, Havana, Cuba.
Topos; Vivarta Studio, Havana, Cuba.
2008
También; private home, Havana, Cuba.
2007
Retorno a la Fuente; Galeria provincial de Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
2002
DSOON; University of Havana; Havana, Cuba.
"To try to understand Art" is Otari Oliva's main investigation. Otari avoids all those theoretic formulations that restrain, instead, he quotes the idea of "art" from all possible perspectives in trying to reduce his art work to a more accessible level of knowledge. A sort of actions, which are minimal, insignificant, without any thoughtful pretensions, and that are not even documented, he pursues to proof an "authentic artistic moment" right after the event has reached its conclusion. In the effort to prove the hopelessness of transferring the information to another space and time-, Otari creates a fictitious record of the event.
Education
1999-2003 ISA (Superior Institute of Arts).
1994-1998 Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro.
Exhibitions
2009
Trabajos Veraniegos: Tiempo es poder;
private home, Havana, Cuba.
Las Armas de Uruk; Vivarta Studio, Havana, Cuba.
Topos; Vivarta Studio, Havana, Cuba.
2008
También; private home, Havana, Cuba.
2007
Retorno a la Fuente; Galeria provincial de Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
2002
DSOON; University of Havana; Havana, Cuba.
