Dedicated to Preserving the Art and Legacy of Conceptual Artist Fernando Garcia

This blog is dedicated to preserving the life and art legacy of conceptual artist Fernando Garcia who died in 1988. There were so many artists lost during this terrible time from the AIDS virus. As a result of his untimely death, many of his artworks are held in private collections with very few pieces every coming to market and Fernando seems to have become forgotten. We can't let this happen as Fernando is the most influential Cuban- American conceptual artist of the 70s and 80s. He paved the way for other artists with large displays of conceptual art in public places, not to mention his performance art work with the " NADA" group (conceptual performance artists) which created original impromptu conceptual and performance art in public places like train stations, fronts of restaurants etc.
Since 2006, the project has been collecting photographs of Fernando's artwork held in private collections and documenting his two decade career as an artist and want to document every work of art produced in his lifetime. Please help us and send stories and photographs of Fernando's work for the Project so we can preserve the his memory and his art legacy.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Nancy Clark Reviews the 2003 Fernando Garcia Retrospective in Video

In 2003, the Miami Dade Library Downtown Branch hosted a restrospective on Fernando Garcia: On The Line which ran from October 11 through December 22, 2003.  Here Nancy put together a video for friends out of town that could not see the exhibit.  Its an opportunity to learn more about Fernando Garcia from one of his closest friends, Nancy Clark.Video By Nancy Clark on Fernando Garcia Retrospective 2003
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