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Alicia Leal

Alicia Leal

Catharsis and Authenticity –VIRGINIA ALBERDI –Art Critic A young woman flies along with a rooster whose wings have the colors of fire and the sky. One ignores where it comes from or heads to. The retina only fixes one and the other on the front plane, with a background of very light trees and waves (are they waves or bubbles?) that hardly support the painting’s main characters. Another young woman hides her head in her thorax, accompanied by doves and illuminated by a sun of honey-colored rays, leaving a rain of fine spores…Read more …
Save the date: Li Domínguez Fong

Save the date: Li Domínguez Fong

Vernissage: January 12, 2017 - 6 p.m. “I am restless by nature. I have always responded promptly to the pressing need to create because new possibilities burn inside me that I must constantly express; to fill in the blank spaces of the canvas with these ‘worlds’ or living spaces I create. My work, eminently introspective, urges me to search inside and constantly create relations and affinities in that universe of new stories.” Li Dominguez Fong was born in Havana, Cuba in 1978, where he still lives and works. In 1989 he graduated from the Elementary School of Visual Arts…Read more …

Ethnic awareness in the Cuban art I (XIX Century to the first half of the XX Century)

- Virginia Alberdi Benítez -   An important area of the Cuban art reveals the ethnic awareness of the inhabitants of the Antillean Island. The encounter between Africa and Europe in the creation of the Nation determines that “condition of the soul” characterized by the Cuba anthropologist Fernando Ortiz as the element essential of the Cuban character. It is not about just an instrumental category. While in The United States and Brazil the Afro-Americans or Afro-Brazilian identities are profiled, according to the case, in Cuba almost nobody is defined as "Afro-Cuban", what doesn't…Read more …
Eduardo Roca «Choco»

Eduardo Roca «Choco»

  • Posted on October 25, 2016
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- Virginia Alberdi Benítez - - Art Critic - Choco, the renowned Cuban artist, shines with his own light. Perhaps not all inhabitants of the Caribbean island know that his name is Eduardo Roca Salazar, but when you say Choco – the familiar name with which he signs his pieces – Cubans understand that you are speaking of a well-known artist. It is not necessary to be familiar with his work in detail or to frequently visit the spaces where he exhibits; in the public domain, beyond the specialized circles, Choco is someone…Read more …
Eduardo Roca «Choco»: Keys to an Identity

Eduardo Roca «Choco»: Keys to an Identity

- Virginia Alberdi - Choco shines with his own light. Perhaps not all inhabitants of the Caribbean island know that his name is Eduardo Roca, but when you say Choco – the familiar name with which he signs his pieces – they understand that you are speaking of an artist whom everyone admires for contributing to the heart of Cuban culture. That perception has been forged over time and is supported by the regularity of a consistent artistic output. The participation in salons and biennials and the awards he has received have contributed…Read more …