CARLOS QUINTANA – Contemplation –
Carlos Quintana: Contemplation as a synthesis of Santería and Buddhism Contemplation as a synthesis of Santería and Buddhism The figures and portraits of Carlos Quintana (Havana, 1966) have in common a self-contained attitude: the distance, emotionless facial expressions and the barely comprehensible gaze, which characterize the figures of Carlos Quintana, testify to a kind of introversion or rather to contemplation. They are focused on something that seems to be outside of the visible or internally. The figures are often depicted against a contrasting colored background and without a concrete environment:…Read more …