Aquiles has obsessively favoured scrap material from the bodywork of old cars or containers of the most varied types to make small walking human figures, or perfectly flattened squares grouped according to an impeccable arrangement. He has not abandoned canvas, however, using a combination of techniques to produce an abstract work where graffiti connotes the emotional impact in the direction that the artist is interested in.
Flavio Garciandía
1954
A master of photorealism of the 1970s, he has later tackled other stylistic lines that have taken his interest to the theoretical and conceptual levels of art. He has possibly renovated and experimented the most among Cuban artists, maintaining an effective communication with the viewers, even in his more symbolic works.
Flora Fong
1949
This painter of Chinese descent adds a distinctive note of exoticism to Cuban painting, which is very much permeated by Western codes. Her strong, black brushstrokes that enclose colour and bring to mind Chinese calligraphy; the planimetric conception of space where references to Cuban elements, such as the royal palm, the rooster, or the hut, are inserted, nourish a work whose apparent serenity fails to appease the inner energy which commonly makes it vibrate.
Florencio Gelabert
1904_1995
A pioneer of the first vanguard of sculptors in Cuba, strongly influenced by French post-impressionism, he preferred wood, although he did not ignore other materials such as bronze or cement, which he used in Velocidad, located in the gardens of Havana's Bus Station; his slender female faces are anthological pieces of Cuban sculpture.
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Cuban Art
