Abel Barrosob. 1971, Pinar del Río, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaEmbassy Game, 2016Xylograph on wood Abel Barroso, with scathing irony, turns a handcrafted pinball machine into a metaphor for the hazardous journey migrants undertake to the borders of a developed world. As in an obstacle...
Abel Barrosob. 1971, Pinar del Río, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaVolver a casa, 2010Xylograph on wood...
Rubén Torres Llorcab. 1957, Havana, Cuba; lives in Miami, United StatesCollection of the artist, 2001Mixed media on wood and chalk on boardIn this installation, the artist analyzes the contemporary art scene and its main actors through wooden figurines: collectors, gallery owners, art critics, curators, and...
Raúl Corderob. 1971, Havana, Cuba; lives in Mexico City, MexicoYou Know Who You Are And You Know What You Want (for John Baldessari), 2020Acrylic, polyester, and metallic pigments on canvasA tribute to John Baldessari, in recognition of his influence on Raúl Cordero––especially in his way...
Rubén Torres Llorcab. 1957, Havana, Cuba; lives in Miami, United StatesThe Fairest Art Collector of Them All, 2017Mixed media installation, papier-mâché, mirror, vinylMirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? This is the riddle that Snow White's stepmother continually asks the...
Carlos García de la Nuezb. 1959, Havana, Cuba; lives in Cuernavaca, MexicoLa conversación, 2017Mixed media on canvasSeven words are inscribed in horizontal lines in this composition of seven yellow stripes of varying thickness contrasting against a black background. At the same time, the links between...
Alexandre Arrecheab. 1970, Trinidad, Cuba; lives in Miami, United StatesSeagram, 2012–13Aluminum...
Waldo Balartb. 1931, Banes, Cuba; lives in Madrid, SpainWarm Colors Trilogy, 1979, from the series Non-empty Sets; Group: Modular LanguageAcrylic on canvasThis canvas illustrates the explorations around geometric abstraction that Waldo Balart began between 1970 and 1979, years in which he lived between New York...
José Ángel Toiracb. 1966, Guantánamo, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaPantocrator, 2012Oil and gold leaf on canvas...
Levi Ortab. 1984, Havana, Cuba; lives in Barcelona, SpainBoceto-Detalles V.2 (Francisco Franco, Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chávez, Adolf Hitler, Alberto Fujimori, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill), 2019Acrylic on canvas, laser print on cardboard, in 9 partsIn this series, Levi Orta focuses...
Carlos Quintanab. 1966, Havana, Cuba; lives in Miami, United StatesSiempre hay un águila más grande que tú, 2015–18Oil on canvas...
Armando Mariñob. 1968, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; lives in Catskill, United StatesOval Office Pipeline, 2009Oil on canvas...
Flavio Garciandíab. 1954, Caibarién, Cuba; lives in Mexico City, MexicoUntitled, 1992Mixed media on canvasThis work belongs to the abstract period Flavio Garciandía called "New Tropical Abstraction," in which his work was informed by Informalism. With a postmodern gesture, the artist resorts to the language of...
Michel Pérez Pollob. 1981, Manzanillo, Cuba; lives in Madrid, SpainUntitled, 2018Oil on canvasThis work is inspired by the study of the backs of sculptural heads belonging to the Collection of Ancient Art of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana. By reproducing them in...
Wilfredo Prietob. 1978, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaPapel periódico, 2001Newspaper and ceramic tileFrom a conceptual approach, Wilfredo Prieto investigates the poetics of the object in everyday life and how they function. With lyricism, the artist adopts a minimal aesthetic to develop concepts or...
Ernesto García Sánchezb. 1989, Havana, Cuba; lives in Mérida, MexicoUntitled, 2013, from the series Paintings that are Born DeadAcrylic on canvas...
Iván Capoteb. 1973, Pinar del Río, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaPain Killers, 2014Crushed aspirin, ink, and glue on canvas, diptych...
Flavio Garciandíab. 1954, Caibarién, Cuba; lives in Mexico City, MexicoJasper Johns regresa a La Habana (Otro mojito, por favor), 2001Oil on canvas Based on a fictitious trip to Havana, where the emblematic American Pop artist returns for a mojito, Flavio Garciandía pays homage to Jasper Johns...
Belkis Ayónb. 1967, d. 1999, Havana, CubaFragmento de La Consagración II, 1991Collagraph on woven paperThis work is part of a large-format triptych in which Belkis Ayón represents the consecration ceremonies of the Abakuá secret society and its hierarchies. In this fragment of the triptych, the...
José Manuel Mesíasb. 1990, Havana, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaEl ascenso de Pedro Díaz y la muerte de Maceo, 2016–17Oil on canvasThis work is part of an installation that proposes rectifications and reinterpretations of the painting The Death of Maceo by the Cuban artist Armando...