CUBAN AVANT-GARDE Flatiron House Exhibition 2023 by Evey Fine Art

CUBAN AVANT-GARDE FLATIRON HOUSE EXHIBITION 2023

EVEY FINE ART 240 S County Road, Palm Beach FL (561) 675 0208 www.artevey.com

The 2019 record-breaking Latin America sale at Christie’s has been credited with being a watershed moment for Cuban Art, with paintings from contemporary Cuban artists reaching up to $300,000. On this upward trend, Cuban Art News publisher and collector Howard Farber explains, “There are many similarities between the emerging art markets of China in the late 1980s and Cuba, after the opening of dialogue with the United States in 2015,” Farber continues. “Though thirty years apart, both eras saw the art and artists break out with new enthusiasm, extraordinary skill, and access to materials and markets.” In recent years, numerous exhibitions exploring Cuban art have been organized in renowned institutions, with an increasing number of collectors and museums acquiring pieces by Cuban artists, including the Tate Modern in London and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The rise of Cuban art in the international scene is, therefore, no accident, as more and more individuals are captivated by its narratives and unique perspectives. It will undoubtedly continue to gain recognition and contribute to the rich tapestry of the global art landscape. The increasing global interest in Cuban art is also a significant factor in safeguarding Cuban culture amidst an unprecedented diaspora. By embracing the cultural enrichment these artists embody and carry with them into exile, their collectors contribute to preserving and appreciating their unique artistic legacy.

Cuban Avant-Garde: Exhibition 2023 Evey Fine Art is proud to present a mesmerizing collection that captures the essence of Cuba's artistic legacy by showcasing four of the most celebrated Cuban artists who are about to reach new heights in their careers after joining the ever-growing Cuban diaspora in the United States. Our featured artists, whose works are part of the permanent collection at the National Museum of Fine Art in Havana, are leading figures among those visionary Cuban creators who are gradually redefining our cultural landscape with their unique perspectives and unparalleled technical skill, creating an enriching tapestry that effortlessly melds tradition with innovation, nostalgia with modernity, and passion with intellect signifying a paradigm shift in the perception of contemporary art today. Each brushstroke, every sculpted form, unveils an exploration of personal narratives, the outer and inner landscapes that define us and a universal expression of the human condition. "Cuban Avant-Garde - Flatiron House" invites you to immerse yourself in the awe-inspiring and captivating imagery these talented artists create as they skillfully merge technical mastery with boundless creative genius.

RIGOBERTO MENA

RIGOBERTO MENA IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF CUBA'S MOST RENOWNED ART VISIONARIES AND LEADING ABSTRACTIONISTS. HIS ARTISTIC STYLE IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN INTELLECTUAL APPROACH, DELVING INTO THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE AND DEPTH WHILE INCORPORATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. WITH A TRAINED EYE OF AN ARCHITECT AND THE SKILLED HAND OF AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST, MENA HAS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM RIGID URBAN LANDSCAPES INTO A FLUID VISUAL LANGUAGE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, MENA HAS GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM WITH SOLO EXHIBITIONS HELD IN PRESTIGIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS CHINA, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, MEXICO, CUBA, SPAIN, FRANCE, HOLLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING MIAMI, MASSACHUSETTS, WASHINGTON D.C., AND CALIFORNIA. FOLLOWING THE INAUGURATION OF HIS NOTABLE EXHIBITION TITLED "HABLANDO EN LENGUAS" IN 2011, RIGOBERTO'S ARTWORK WAS SELECTED TO BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE ESTEEMED COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ART IN HAVANA. MENA'S EXCEPTIONAL ARTWORK CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART IN LOS ANGELES (MOLAA), CONSEJO NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES PLASTICAS IN HAVANA, AND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART WILFREDO LAM IN HAVANA.

RIGOBERTO MENA UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 36 X 36 IN

RIGOBERTO MENA UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 54 X 55 IN

RIGOBERTO MENA UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 51 X 51 IN

CARLOS LLANES

CARLOS LLANES, BORN ON MAY 18TH, 1965 IN MELENA DEL SUR, CUBA, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA WITH A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE. KNOWN FOR HIS ABSTRACT STYLE, LLANES CREATES COMPOSITIONS THAT REFLECT THE UNIVERSE OF THE INDETERMINATE AND TRANSFORM IT INTO UNOBSTRUCTED FORMS. HIS WORKS EMBODY THE INTRICATE STRUGGLES BETWEEN CONFLICTING FORCES, CREATING HARMONIOUS SURFACES THAT CAPTIVATE THE VIEWER'S EYE. THROUGH A SOOTHING FLOOD OF PERCEPTUAL STIMULI, LLANES ACHIEVES A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE BEHOLDER'S PERCEPTION AND HIS OWN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. NOT LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC STYLE OR GENRE, CARLOS LLANES DEMONSTRATES HIS VERSATILITY THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT MEDIA. WITH SKILLFUL PRECISION, HE TRANSFORMS EVERYDAY OBJECTS LIKE HIS FAMOUS HAVANA CLUB RUM FILTERS INTO PROFOUND ARTISTIC STATEMENTS THAT INVITE US TO SEE THE BEAUTY WITHIN THE MUNDANE. LLANES HAS HAD AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER WITH OVER 100 SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS ACROSS VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING CUBA, ITALY, SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED STATES. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CUBAN ART HAVE EARNED HIM RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINTERS OF HIS GENERATION. HIS REMARKABLE WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN HAVANA AND HE WILL REPRESENT CUBA IN THE 2023 FLORENCE BIENNALE.

CARLOS LLANES UNTITLED, 2023, ACRYLIC, PASTEL AND INK ON CANVAS, 52 X 60 IN

CARLOS LLANES UNTITLED, 2022, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 56 X 55.5 IN

CARLOS LLANES LA IZQUIERDA ESTA OSCURA, 2018, OIL ON CANVAS, 55 X 39 IN

CARLOS LLANES PUNTOS DI SENCIBILIDAD - SENSIBILITY POINTS, 2022, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 37 X 53 IN

JORGE LUIS SANTOS

JORGE LUIS SANTOS (B. 1973) HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. HIS WORKS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR VISCERAL IMPACT AND MONUMENTAL SCALE. SANTOS IS A TRUE MASTER OF HIS CRAFT, SHOWCASING INCREDIBLE VERSATILITY THROUGH HIS ABILITY TO WORK WITH VARIOUS TECHNIQUES AND MEDIUMS. WITH EXPERTISE IN PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND FOUND OBJECT COLLAGE, HE CAPTIVATES AUDIENCES WITH HIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ART. SINCE 1994, SANTOS HAS SHOWCASED HIS ARTWORK IN NUMEROUS SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS AT PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, GALLERIES, AND ART FAIRS WORLDWIDE. HIS EXCEPTIONAL TALENT HAS GARNERED ATTENTION FROM ESTEEMED CUBAN SCHOLARS AND CRITICS WHO HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT AND DISCUSSED HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART WORLD. NOTABLY, SANTOS' WORKS CAN BE FOUND IN ESTEEMED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE PÉREZ ART MUSEUM (MIAMI, USA), THE CUBAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (VIENNA, AUSTRIA), THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART (HAVANA, CUBA) AS WELL AS IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JORGE PÉREZ.

JORGE LUIS SANTOS YELLOW FLOWERS, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 60 X 60 IN

JORGE LUIS SANTOS RED FLOWER, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 60 X 60 IN

JORGE LUIS SANTOS COMPOSITION I, 2023, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 77 X 53 IN

JORGE LUIS SANTOS COMPOSITION II, 2023, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 77 X 53 IN

JORGE LUIS SANTOS VISTA AEREA, ACRYLIC ON STITCHED CANVAS, 72 X 72 IN

JORGE LUIS SANTOS FLORERO, ACRYLIC ON STITCHED CANVAS, 72 X 72 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ

Ruben Rodriguez Martinez (b. 1959, Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba) graduated from the Provincial School of Plastic Arts in Villa Clara in 1975 and from the National School of Plastic Arts in Havana, Cuba in 1980 with a degree in painting, engraving and drawing. Ruben is the founder of the Experimental Serigraphy (Screen Printing) Workshop, “Rene Portocarrero" and was a professor at the Engraving Department at the Cuban University of Arts (ISA) in Havana & Fundació Miró Mallorca Museum in Palma, Spain. He has received the Distinction for National Culture in Havana, Cuba, along with the Distinction for Artistic Value. His art is featured in museums, galleries and private collections in Germany, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Iran, Venezuela, Portugal, France and Cuba.

Collections

"The female figure has always been the absolute protagonist of my paintings, drawings and engravings. As a man and artist, I sincerely admire and respect a woman’s capacity for procreation. I see motherhood as an act of sublime beauty" RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ

Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation Mallorca Museum. Palma, Spain. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba. National Council for the Arts. Havana, Cuba. Luly Duke Foundation Amistad, New York, USA. Museum of Modern Art. Lima, Peru. Carlos Frigola Collection, Lima, Peru. Museum of Modern Art, Johannesburg, South Africa. Geoffrey Shears Collection. London, UK. Club Commonwealth Collection. London, UK. Chris von Christierson Collection, London, UK. Dominique Soave. Cuba Plus International. Toronto, Canada. Guy Chartier Collection. Toronto, Canada. National Museum of Modern Art. San Jose, Costa Rica.

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ EL PISO DE LA LETRA, 2022 ACRYLIC & CHARCOAL ON CANVAS, 54 X 54 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ ORANDO ENTRE FLORES - PRAYING BETWEEN FLOWERS, 2023 ACRYLIC & CHARCOAL ON CANVAS, 72 X 56 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ SOLO AMOR, 2019, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 71 X 51 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ DEVOCION, 2023 ACRYLIC &CHARCOAL ON CANVAS 60 X 60 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ, POR SI ACASO - JUST IN CASE CHARCOAL AND ACRYLIC ON PAPER 78.5 X 58.5 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ FRENTE A FRENTE - FACE TO FACE, 2012 ACRYLIC AND CHARCOAL ON CANVAS, 70.5 X 51 IN

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ SOMBRA ATADA - BOUND SHADOW, 2012 ACRYLIC & CHARCOAL ON CANVAS, 60.5 X 45.5 IN

WORKS ON PAPER

CARLOS LLANES, 2022 MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE ON PAPER 17" X 15" (11.75" X 9")

CARLOS LLANES UNTITLED, 2023 MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 17 X 14 3/4 IN (FRAMED)

RIGOBERTO MENA UNTITLED, 2022 MIXED MEDIA MONOPRINT 23 X 22 IN / 30.5 X 31 IN

RIGOBERTO MENA UNTITLED, 2022 MIXED MEDIA MONOPRINT 22 X 25 IN / 25 X 28.5 IN FRAMED

RIGOBERTO MENA UNTITLED, 2022 MIXED MEDIA MONOPRINT 20 X 24.5 IN / 28 X 24 IN (FRAMED)

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