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LET’S WAIT including South integration with the Cuban community.
Lusette Verboom owner of the Blue Gallery in
Africa, Europe, Curacao the presentation was terrific. The Havana
representative Mr. Jose Manuel Noceda was also very
America and the impressed by the play. He remarked: “The group of
artists managed to turn the saying into a story and let
Caribbean, Nelson the story develop itself in a unique way. Everyone was
very exited.”
Gonzalez has done
Even the citizens were happy to be a part of the
and see if the same thing but he Biennal they even requested an encore.
represented Aruba in
Cuba. Nelson remarked that he went through difficult times
when producing this piece because you have to be
The invited artists careful with the political preference of the artists,
it is a different political and cultural, political and
that’s real are known for labor system which requires a lot of sacrifice from the
making exceptional Cuban artists.
and revolutionary
art pieces in the art Necessary resources and equipment aren’t always at
world. They have your disposal.
Nelson mentioned that his motivation for
made piece that participating in this project is that contemporary art
has changed and a small island like Aruba without any
capture the attention contemporary cultural arts can make a big difference
at an International Biennal.
of many and impact
It is important for the Aruban culture to show what
the art world. Aruba has to offer. The goal of a Biennal is for the
members of our community to change their way of
This year the thinking, creativity and lifestyle.

organizers of
NELSON Gonzalez is a contemporary artist that the Biennal had a different concept in mind.
represented Aruba in the 2015 Havana Biennial Many artists were asked to create a play in one
Art Exhibition. He has worked for months on a play of the city neighborhoods and to use different
entitled “El jardin de las delicias: Vamos a ver si es resources, architecture, typical environments of the
algo verdad” (The garden of delight: let’s wait and neighborhoods and to work with the citizens of the
see if its real). The play is based on a common Cuban neighborhood and other artists to create a play that
saying.
fits the neighborhood.

Many contemporary artists have represented Aruba Nelson Gonzalez and his crew consisting of 42
at numerous Biennal exhibitions all over the world people managed to create a piece that displays a type

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