Cuban Art, including Cuba’s best artists, Cuban art galleries, Art in Cuba, 2006 Biennial, Cuban art institutues

Cuba's best artists -60 of the best
Silvia Gomez provides insightful and illuminating reviews of 60 of Cuba's most well established artists from the old masters to the youngest of the 'new generation' of artists. We provide some examples of the artists work to complement the text in what is the essential introduction to the best of Cuban art.

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Havana's art galleries
Details and brief reviews of the principal art galleries to be found in Havana.

Havana's Art Galleries - Full details and reviews

Raul Cordero - A Creator of ideas
by Silvia Gomez,
November 2006 It was a great surprise when we walked into Raúl Cordero's studio, whose location in a central avenue of El Vedado offers a splendid panoramic view of a district where art nouveau, art deco, grandiloquent eclecticism and sober rationalism blend together in a non-conflicting shape?in the words of novelist Alejo Carpentier—'the style of a styleless city'. While our photographer surreptitiously observed areas.
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. Cuba's promising newer artists
. Exhibitions of Cuban art internationally
. Cultural and arts associations involved with Cuban art
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Damián Alquiles - A universal ‘Jaruqueño’
by Silvia Gomez,
November 2006 . . . most well known for his work with small walking human figures cut out of the bodywork of old cars.These anonymous little men.which follow the route traced out for them by the artist-demiurge-some in the opposite direction-, rapt in thought, alone in the crowd or drawn together in their lonelines.
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Cuban Art in the 1990's
By David Mateo (2008 Print Edition)
Cuban art at the end of the 1980's was characterised by an idealistic and reflective mode.which would gradually permeate almost all artistic production. Until that time, with the exception of literature, no other artform had attempted to scrutinise so profoundly and with such public repercussions, the extremely sensitive social issues of the day. Many group initiatives came into being, some of which are still regarded as paradigms of artistic and cultural harmony; 'Puré', '4 x 4', 'Hexágono', 'Arte Calle', 'Grupo provisional', 'Hacer', and 'Sano y sabroso'.
full article available in the 2008 edition

As Cool as a Cuban Fridge - The 2006 Havana Biennial
by Silvia Gomez, (from 2007 print edition)
What have you got in your fridge right now? Prosciutto, black olives, clotted cream.Dom Pérignon? A long-forgotten, green-furred can of something that ceased to be fit for human consumption decades ago.Whatever it is, you can bet it isn't as interesting as what was in the 52 fridges exhibited during the Ninth Havana Biennial in the Convent of Santa Clara.
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Alicia Leal - painting for pleasure
by Silvia Gomez, (from 2007 print edition)
Born in the central region of Cuba—where 16th century chronicles depict the presence of hundreds of demons that possessed the bodies and souls of terrified inhabitants, and the site of an important colony of immigrants from the Canary Islands—Alicia admits her debt to the rich popular tradition that spontaneously, and not consciously, emerges in her work.
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Aguedo Alonso - The maestro of the campo
Águedo Alonso lives in a beautiful house-cum-studio in the vicinity of Club Campestre, approx 30 km from Havana, surrounded by the vivid colours and the imbricate shapes of the exuberant tropical vegetation he loves so much. His intimate parlour quickly reveals our host's affections: photographs of his children and grandchildren, furniture made of plant fibres, miniature antiques from all over the world, lamps of different styles and epochs, and paintings and installation representative of each stage of his production. With the typical courtesy of the people from the provinces and a friendly smile, this painter and ceramist, recognized as one of the most remarkable Cuban landscapists, welcomed us at his home and quickly took us down the road of his life and work.
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