Diango Hernández

The works of Diango Hern�ndez (b. Sancti Sp'ritus, Cuba, 1970; lives and works in D�sseldorf) examine his own experiences and personal relationships, which the artist embeds in larger social and political reflections. A central theme of Hern�ndez's artistic quest are his reflections on the traumatic and often unaccomplished transitions of Cuban society: the painful legacy of slavery, the contradictions of decolonization and the Castro revolution, the search for a new "possible future" after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the mid-1990s, when he was still living in Havana, Hern�ndez has been interested in materials from everyday life. The installation "Lonely Fingers" (2011) is accordingly not just a white wall covered with guitar strings, but rather a sounding box, and indeed a musical instrument. Diango Hern�ndez's art has been presented at the Venice (2005), S�o Paulo, Sydney (2006), and Liverpool (2010) biennials, among other exhibitions, and is included in the collections of major institutions such as the MoMA, New York.