Very Good Rauschenberg 1988 performance (Grupo Provisional / Carlos R. Cárdenas, Francisco Lastra and Glexis Novoa) and Aldito Menendez; (interruption during R. Rauschenberg lecture, R.O.C.I.-Cuba), at National Museum of Fine Art, Havana. Photo and copyright: Adalberto Roque
“… Novoa made a point of having him use a brush and paint, thinking that it would later enhance the poster’s value. Rauschenberg, drunk but not offended, autographed it requested. The young men, members of the anarchist Provisional Group, planned this performance to criticize the government’s decision to allow an American celebrity artist to monopolize their cultural space. ”
-Hiroko Ikegami, Robert Rauschenberg, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2016