The differences are rarely closely delineated since generations merge and work continues and overlaps. In the eighties, artists were still able to find areas of potential dialogue within the ethical constrcuts that were inherent in the dreams of the Revolution. They sought to participate within a critical climate of change. It both was and is a generational diaspora of immense significance, with the major figures living abroad. What remains clear is that this generation has been deeply scarred by the discrediting of Soviet-style Socialism and the fall out it has precipitated in Cuba.
Cuban artists are in fashion.
International curators have been drawn by the mixture of young talent and the enthusiasm generated by the early editions of the Havana Bienale. These are the rules of the game, the lessons of survival. Yet, the cynicism of the nineties generation in the face of disconcerting political and economic conditions, is not devoid of ethical undercurrents. It is a vehicle for reading, deconstructing, dazzling and questioning, and permits them to open up new critical spaces. They are insubordinate sons and daughters who laugh, comment, and ironize, but do not believe.