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"De Palo pa' Rumba:" An Interview with Leandro Soto1
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Afro - Hispanic Review
- Article date:
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April 1, 2007
- Author:
- Borland, Isabel Ã; ; lvarez
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Copyright informationCopyright Vanderbilt University. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Spring 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Leandro Soto has been involved in the art world for the past thirty years, participating in well over a hundred solo and group art exhibitions at both die national and international levels. He currently teaches and works in die Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. This interview was took place in April 2007.
Isabel Ãlvarez Borland: Tell us about your beginnings as an artist in the Cuba of the 70s and 80s. What was the importance of Volumen Uno, the group of visual artists to which you belonged?
Leandro Soto: Volumen Uno was a very important exhibit that took place in Havana in 1981, at the GalerÃa de Arte San Rafael, Centro Habana. ...