Yearly Events: 2015

THE ART OF THE REVOLUTION

THE ART OF THE REVOLUTION

  • December 31, 2015
Flora Fong, Ernesto García Peña & Gilberto Frometa are representatives of the generation of artists who established their professional career as artists and art professors in the 60’s, and as such revolutionized and formed the aesthetics of the new Cuban society. The gallery ArteMorfosis celebrated it's opening year in 2015 with solo exhibitions of these artists because they embody the taste of the Cuban Society. Their work forms part of the collection of contemporary cuban art of the 'Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana', and is displayed in all art fairs in…Read more …
Gilberto Frometa – Tropical Light

Gilberto Frometa – Tropical Light

  • October 26, 2015
Colorful Images of the Subconscious Identity On the Abstract Visual Language of Gilberto Frómeta DOLORES DENARO – Art Historian and Curator – Gilberto Frómeta (Havana, Cuba, 1946), the third artist presented by the ArteMorfosis Gallery in 2015, is also part of the first generation of post-revolutionary Cuban artists. He was initially known in the Caribbean island state, and later internationally, for his images of horses painted in black on a white background. However, the focus of the artist’s first Swiss exhibition Tropical Light is the abstract painting that has appeared…Read more …
Ernesto García Peña – Island Lyrics

Ernesto García Peña – Island Lyrics

  • August 21, 2015
The Poetry of Dreams DOLORES DENARO - Art Historian and Curator - Ernesto García Peña (Matanzas, Cuba, 1949) belongs to the first post-revolutionary generation of Cuban artists. The long list of his exhibitions reflects the fact that he is recognized in Cuba as one of the best known and respected artists of his country. Upon completing his studies at the Academy in Havana, he remained as a professor and for many years influenced the generations that followed. The motifs of his paintings – as evidenced by the title of the exhibition and…Read more …
Flora Fong Exhibition Extended Until June 26

Flora Fong Exhibition Extended Until June 26

  • June 15, 2015
We are happy to announce that Flora Fong's solo exhibition 'Art: Elixir of Life' has been extended until June 26, to allow for all Art | Basel 2015 visitors to attend Flora's first exhibition in Switzerland at your leisure without time conflicts .Flora Fong is one of the best-known Cuban female artists and one of the first women who finished art studies in post-revolutionary Cuba and developed a professional career as an artist. Active in art since 1970, she assumed a forerunner role as a woman on the Cuban art scene. All this happened at the…Read more …
ArteMorfosis Website Launch

ArteMorfosis Website Launch

  • May 6, 2015
The plan was different: First we'd launched a count-down site to inform about the upcoming gallery opening and the vernissage of Flora Fong's Exhibition 'Art: Elixir of Life' -> Check -> This milestone was achieved Second we'd launch the gallery website and inform about the artist and have all relevant infos online -> for many small reasons the launch ended up with a big delay Third we'd open the gallery and celebrate our first vernissage -> Check -> on April 16th we officially opened our doors to the public and…Read more …
EXHIBITION – Flora Fong ‘El arte, elixir de la vida’

EXHIBITION – Flora Fong ‘El arte, elixir de la vida’

  • opening Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 6 p.m.
  • April 17, 2015 - June 26, 2015
  • 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

  • Weinbergstrasse 15, 8001 Zürich
In an extraordinary unveiling, the ArteMorfosis Gallery is thrilled to announce the inaugural exhibition of Cuba's renowned contemporary artist, Flora Fong. From April 16th, Switzerland will witness the evocative pieces of Fong for the very first time. Flora Fong, born in 1949, stands as a trailblazing figure, being one of the first women to grace the post-revolutionary Cuban art scene. Her works, infused with a blend of Chinese-Caribbean perspectives and punctuated with strong shapes and vibrant colors, have been celebrated and awarded at numerous international exhibitions. With the title "El…Read more …