Diango Hernández
Il museo delle ombre

2009
Glass plates, square wooden cylinders, porcelain fragments, porcelain figure (head sooted black with candle flame), speaker platform
Maße variabel
Contemporary Art Collection, permanent loan Freundeskreis

Diango Hernández employs a wide range of media to process and convey his origins and socialization through his art. Above all, in his spatial installations, he aims to convey memories, disappointments, fears, deprivation, fantasies, hopes and visions – all emotions that he experiences in relation to his homeland, Cuba. The work “Il museo delle ombre” (The Museum of Shadows), 2009, stems from an almost traumatic experience: in his youth, the artist witnessed life-threatening injuries being inflicted on a classmate. The installation has a strict, symmetrical arrangement. The focal figure in the glass box is characterized by a blackened head, making a kind of artificial shadow. The lighting sources on the walls also create a specific interplay of light and shadow. Real objects become silhouette-like images of memories, combining to generate a unique collection of shadows.
Diango Hernández was awarded the 6th Promotional Award of the Rubens Prize of the City of Siegen in 2009.