El Síndrome de la Sospecha (The Syndrome of Suspicion) (still)
2004
DVD
courtesy of the artist

LÁZARO A. SAAVEDRA GONZÁLEZ Cuba
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW Gallery

Background

Lázaro A. Saavedra González was born in Havana, Cuba in 1964 where he continues to live and work. Recently, he held residencies at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, 2004, and the Iaab Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, 2002, which resulted in the solo exhibition at Iaab Ateliers, Todo final es el comienzo de algo desconocido. Other solo exhibitions include Can't buy, my love, Habana Gallery, Havana, 2003; and El único anima que ríe, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, 2003. Recent group exhibitions include New Installations, Artists in Residency: Cuba, Mattress Factory, 2004; The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2005; Museo Tomado, 9th Bienal de la Habana, 2006; Arte de Cuba, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 2006; Certain Encounters: Daros-Latinamerica Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2006; Pacemaker, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, 2006; and Estrecho Dudoso (Doubtful Strait), Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, 2006. Saavedra's practice is profiled in the catalogues that accompany The Hours and Estrecho Dudoso.