09 Dec Iván Capote
Pain Killers, 2014
Iván Capoteb. 1973, Pinar del Río, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaPain Killers, 2014Crushed aspirin, ink, and glue on canvas, diptych...
09 Dec Flavio Garciandía
Jasper Johns regresa a La Habana (Otro mojito, por favor), 2001
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...
09 Dec Belkis Ayón
Fragmento de La Consagración II, 1991
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...
09 Dec José Manuel Mesías
El ascenso de Pedro Díaz y la muerte de Maceo, 2016–17
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...
09 Dec Wifredo Lam
Retrato de dama, 1929
Wifredo Lamb. 1902, Sagua la Grande, Cuba; d. 1982, Paris, FranceRetrato de dama, 1929Oil on canvasThis work was made when Wifredo Lam lived in Spain (1923–38), a formative period that began under the tutelage of Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, director of the Prado Museum, who...
09 Dec Belkis Ayón
Intolerancia, 1998
Belkis Ayónb. 1967, d. 1999, Havana, CubaIntolerancia, 1998Collagraph on woven paperBelonging to the series of engravings My Vernicle (a reference to Veronica, a biblical character who accompanied Christ to the cross), this piece represents the last artistic stage of Belkis Ayón, which ended tragically with...
09 Dec Ariel Cabrera Montejo
Inmersión 3, 2020
Ariel Cabrera Montejob. 1982, Camagüey, Cuba; lives in Union City, United StatesInmersión 3, 2020Oil on canvasThis work is part of a series in which Ariel Cabrera Montejo develops his neo-historicist narratives, which combine characters from different periods, situations, and origins, to fictionalize and reimagine history....
09 Dec Agustín Fernández
Portrait of Lydia Pla de Osuna, 1954
Agustín Fernándezb. 1928, Havana, Cuba; d. 2006, New York, United StatesPortrait of Lydia Pla de Osuna, 1954Oil on canvasThis is a stunning portrait of Lydia Pla de Osuna, wife of Dr. Ramón G. Osuna Varela. The Osuna family is an important reference in the history...
08 Dec Reynier Leyva Novo
From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 16, 2016–20
Reynier Leyva Novo b. 1983, Cuba From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 2, 2016-20Ultrachrome imprint, Baryta paper 300g From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 7, 2016-20Ultrachrome imprint, Baryta paper 300g From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 13, 2016-20Ultrachrome imprint, Baryta paper 300g From the series...
07 Dec Lester Álvarez
Maleza, 2015–16
Lester Álvarezb. 1984, CubaMaleza, 2015-16Pyrography on wood, in 40 partsThis work brings together a set of book sculptures Lester Álvarez has compiled from unpublished literary works ignored by the Cuban ruling party. These volumes never saw the light of day and now do, in the...
07 Dec Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
From the series Los héroes no pesan, 2011
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántarab. 1987, CubaFrom the series Los héroes no pesan, 2011Mixed media and burnt woodThis work, made early in Luis Manuel Otero's career, belongs to a set of sculptural pieces installed in various exhibitions on view in 2011 and 2012 that marked his...
07 Dec Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
From the series Los héroes no pesan, 2011
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántarab. 1987, CubaFrom the series Los héroes no pesan, 2011Mixed media and burnt woodThis work, made early in Luis Manuel Otero's career, belongs to a set of sculptural pieces installed in various exhibitions on view in 2011 and 2012 that marked his...
06 Dec René Francisco Rodríguez & Eduardo Ponjuán
Retrato del profesor Becquer, 1994
René Francisco Rodríguez & Eduardo PonjuánRené Francisco Rodríguez b.1960; Eduardo Ponjuán b. 1956, CubaRetrato del profesor Becquer, 1994Oil on canvas These two pieces were exhibited at the fifth Biennial of Havana, in 1994, as part of the installation Sueño, Arte y Mercado, in which this artist...
06 Dec René Francisco Rodríguez & Eduardo Ponjuán
Pan, 1994
René Francisco Rodríguez & Eduardo PonjuánRené Francisco Rodríguez b.1960; Eduardo Ponjuánb. 1956, CubaPan, 1994Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas...
04 Nov Arturo Cuenca
Modernbundo, 1991
Arturo Cuencab. 1955, Cuba; d. 2021 United StatesModernbundo, 1991Oil on canvasOne of the leading artists of the 1980s in Cuba, Arturo Cuenca develops a critical conceptual work in the art of this decade. Modernbundo embodies the imprint of conceptualism in his poetics and evidences the...
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