Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui
from the series Banishments

from the series Banishments
from the series Banishments
from the series Banishments
ArtistCuban, born 1964
CultureCuban
Titles
  • from the series Banishments
Date1996–1998
Place depictedArizona, United States
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 20 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (51.8 × 35.3 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 19 15/16 in. (61 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number98.320
Not on view

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Description

After moving to the United States in 1994, Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui has made work sharing
his experience as a Cuban in exile.
The Banishments series juxtaposes film
stills with mundane objects from the home and office. Here, an accordion file
partially blocks a television playing Mauvaise
conduite
(Improper Conduct, 1984), a controversial film about the plight of
Cuban dissidents. The files silencing the bearded figure on screen recall the systematic
persecution of homosexuals and of people with alternative religious and
political beliefs in Castro’s regime.





En 1994, después de haberse trasladado a
los Estados Unidos, Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui ha producido un trabajo que comparte
su experiencia de exiliado cubano. En la serie Destierros, el artista contrapone
imágenes fijas de películas con objetos mundanos tanto de la casa como de la
oficina. Aquí, un archivo en acordeón obstruye parcialmente el aparato de
televisión que pasa Mala conducta
(1984), una controvertida película sobre los aprietos de los disidentes
cubanos. Los archivos que bloquean la figura de barba sobre la pantalla
recuerdan la persecución sistemática a homosexuales y demás gentes con
creencias políticas y religiosas alternativas al régimen castrista.




Provenance[Houston Center for Photography Print Auction, Houston, 1998]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston,1998; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "Contemporary Latin American Photography from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Collection", October 3, 2001 -January 27, 2002.

"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
in black ink, verso, lower edge: "Eduardo Munoz Ordoqui EMO. From 'Banishments' series, Tucson 1996-98"

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