Estados de confinamiento: Group Show in Mexico City Centers on Imprisoned Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
The exhibition "Estados de confinamiento. El arte relacional de Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara" at Galería Metropolitana in Mexico City runs until July 29, 2026. It features works by Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban artist and activist declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International in 2021, alongside pieces by Anyelo Troya, Camila Lobón, Carlos Martiel, Celia Irina González, Coco Fusco, Fabiola Rayas Chávez, Hamlet Lavastida, Katherine Bisquet, Nonardo Perea, Raychel Carrión, and Sandra Ceballos. The show examines confinement as a form of government control extending beyond physical imprisonment to civic, sociopolitical, and symbolic freedom. Otero Alcántara's relational art uses the body as a site of political inscription, turning vulnerability into collective power. The exhibition includes a public program with film screenings and discussions on June 18, June 24, July 10, and July 29, 2026.
Key facts
- Exhibition "Estados de confinamiento. El arte relacional de Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara" at Galería Metropolitana, Medellín 28, Roma Norte, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City.
- Runs until July 29, 2026.
- Features works by Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and 11 other artists: Anyelo Troya, Camila Lobón, Carlos Martiel, Celia Irina González, Coco Fusco, Fabiola Rayas Chávez, Hamlet Lavastida, Katherine Bisquet, Nonardo Perea, Raychel Carrión, Sandra Ceballos.
- Otero Alcántara is a Cuban artist and activist, central figure of Movimiento San Isidro.
- Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience in 2021.
- Exhibition organized by Galería Metropolitana and Coordinación General de Difusión de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
- Public program includes film screenings of "Estamos Conectados" (dir. Ernesto Fundora), "La otra isla" (dir. Pablo Martínez-Zárate), "SOS Cuba" (dir. Hugo Pérez), and a virtual/presential conversation "Libertad en resistencia".
- Exhibition explores confinement as government arbitrariness affecting physical and mental freedom.
Entities
Artists
- Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
- Anyelo Troya
- Camila Lobón
- Carlos Martiel
- Celia Irina González
- Coco Fusco
- Fabiola Rayas Chávez
- Hamlet Lavastida
- Katherine Bisquet
- Nonardo Perea
- Raychel Carrión
- Sandra Ceballos
- Yissel Arce Padrón
- Ernesto Fundora
- Pablo Martínez-Zárate
- Hugo Pérez
- Yanelys Núñez
- Anamely Ramos
- Claudia Genlui
- Hilda Landrove
- Grethel Domenech
- Henry Eric Hernández
- Loid Der
Institutions
- Galería Metropolitana
- Coordinación General de Difusión de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
- Amnesty International
- Movimiento San Isidro
- Artishock Revista
- Artists at Risk Connection
- Cultura UAM
Locations
- Mexico City
- Ciudad de México
- Cuauhtémoc
- Roma Norte
- Medellín 28
- Cuba