Raúl Martínezb. 1927, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba; d. 1995, Havana, CubaJF, ca. 1970Mixed media on paper In JF, Raúl Martínez distances himself from the dogmatic aesthetics and the propagandistic sacralization of official art to recreate, with experimental elements derived from Pop art, the iconography of the...
Zilia Sánchezb. 1926, Cuba; d. 2024, Puerto RicoLunar Blanco (White Moon), 2000–2019MarbleThis sculpture represents the artist's poetics, in which, using abstraction, she deals with themes such as eroticism, the body, and female sexuality. The work evidences a strong influence of Informalism, minimalism, and neo-concretism while...
Javier Castrob. 1984, Havana, Cuba; lives in New York, United StatesReconstructing the Hero, 2006Digital videoThis artwork proposes an anthropological exploration of Cuban society. In the video, twenty-six mothers from the margins of Cuban society adopt triumphalist rhetoric to offer a story about the marks that...
José Ángel Toiracb. 1966, Guantánamo, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaCon permiso de la historia, 1996C-prints, in 10 partsThrough parody, pastiche, and simulacrum, in this series, José Ángel Toirac revisits historical documents, specifically Cuban photography from the 1960s. The iconography of the decade's revolutionary epic, defined...
Lázaro Saavedrab. 1964, Havana, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaUntitled, 1983–84Watercolor on paper, in 9 partsThis composition of seventeen drawings constitutes the first study for a series of paintings and collage-paintings Lázaro Saavedra developed in a larger format around 1985–86, the artist's formative stage. Through a...
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...
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...