Glenda León
CubanArtist- Conceptual Art, Visual Art, Installation, Video Art
Trained in classical ballet, Cuban conceptual artist Glenda Leon creates video, installation, public interventions, and photography that examine the relationship between the man-made and the natural, often highlighting the folly of human timekeeping. As Leon has said, “it takes a whole lifetime to create an artwork.” Her work Wasted Time consists of a mountain of sand that has engulfed an hourglass, and in the summer of 2004, the artist glued fake green leaves to tree branches in a public park for her work Esperanza (Out of Season). When the seasons changed, the surrounding leaves turned brown and fell to the ground, only then revealing their artificial counterparts. (artsy.net)
More Information
- Wikipedia
- Glenda León: “It takes me a lifetime to make a work”
- Las Formas – book on artist
- ArtForum – Artist discussion
- Cada respiro / Every Breath – video
- Virtual Creative Industries – discussion
- La condición performática – book on Cuban Performance Art
