“Waves are the language of the sea. A language that can be used for painting, for creating images of a more fluid world, a world without rigidity a liquid world.”
Diango Hernández (1970) was born in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Lives and works between Düsseldorf and Havana. Diango Hernández in the early 1990s amid the economic crisis triggered by the fall of the Soviet Union partici- pated in various collective initiatives as part of the Cuban cultural scene. Hernández co-founded together with Francis Acea Ordo Amoris Cabinet. Also known as OAC, the artistic duo rapidly gained recognition exhibiting throughout Europe and North America. In the early 2000s he moved to Europe, where he continued to produce artworks that have made him one of the leading heirs of the American conceptual legacy. In 2009 Hernández was awarded with The Rubens Award - one of the highest honors in the art world and recognizes artists who have made a significant impact on the industry through their artistry and creativity.
His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle, Basel (2006) and the Neuer Aachener Kunstvere- in (2007). His work was exhibited in the Arsenale as part of the 51st Venice Biennale and the Biennale of Sydney and the São Paulo Biennial, both in 2006. His work was the subject of a critically acclaimed exhibition of new work, “Losing You Tonight,” at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen (2009) and in 2010 two installations were included in “The New Décor” at the Hayward Gallery, London. A survey exhibition of his work took place at Museo D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (MART) in Rovereto in 2011-12. In 2013, Marlborough Contemporary, London presented a solo exhibition of his work “The New Man and the New Woman.” His work was the subject of a solo exhibition “Socialist Nature” in 2014 at Landesgalerie, Linz. Hernández has had solo exhibitions at Marlborough Contemporary, London and the Kunsthalle Munster in 2015. In 2016, a solo exhibition of Hernán- dez’s work, titled “Theoretical Beach,” took place at the Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen.
Selected public collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA | Museum Abteiberg, Mönchenglad- bach, Germany | Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany | Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany | PAMM, Miami, USA | Artpace, San Antonio, USA | Museum of Fine Art Huston, Huston, USA | Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany | Kunstsammlung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | INHOTIM, Centro de Arte Contem- porânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | PHILARA Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany | MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy | CAB de Burgos, Burgos, Spain | Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carque- fou, France | Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany | Rheingold Collection, Düesseldorf, Germany | Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Leon, (MUSAC), Spain | Colección Bergé, Madrid, Spain.