Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Modern Town, for lovers of good art

Cubaplus

Works by photographer Alfredo Sarabia and sculptor José Carlos Mesa can be seen in the Modern Town exhibition, sponsored by CubaPLUS magazine and Le Bazar Culinario.

Liesther Amador: desire for experimentation

BY CARY QUINTANA

Various artistic practices are reflected in the creative production of Liesther Amador. His shifting manifestos between paintings, photographs, performances, drawings, installations and interventions, denote the constant exploration and experimentation in the career of this artist, who refused to be pigeonholed. He is a visual artist.

Roberto Diago, his method of working, the day-to-day

BY MERCEDES RAMOS

Day-to-day is how Cuban visual artist Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy defines his work method, with which he has created an infinite number of pieces in more than 20 collections that have been exhibited in countless personal and collective exhibitions in some 25 countries.

Sándor González Vilar: I am from Havana and I am a citizen

BY ROXANA CONSUEGRA

Very specific aspects distinguish a great part of Sándor González Vilar’s artistic production: the representation of a couple and a staircase as symbols of his vision of life, the inclusion of identifying elements that reaffirm his condition as a Cuban, and the constant appearance of architectural structures, mainly of the urban framework of the country’s capital.

TRANSEÚNTES, an underwater gallery in Cuba

BY ROXANA CONSUEGRA / PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ARTIST

On the southern coast of the western province of Matanzas is the Ciénaga de Zapata, considered the largest wetland in Cuba and the insular Caribbean and declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. About 11 kilometers from Playa Girón, one of the most significant beaches of the Ciénaga coastline, one finds the Punta Perdiz International Diving Center.

Art in ceramics

By Patty Monserrat, Photos by José (Tito) Meriño

At a very young age his father led him by the hand into the secrets of making beauty from clay. Today artisan Fernando Velázquez Torres is admired for his expertise in combining ceramics and painting in medium and large scale creations, with flora, fauna and human experiences as predominant motifs.

Art in Metal

By Ilsa Rodriguez, Photos by José (Tito) Meriño

Cuban sculptor Ramón Víctor Casas Viera, well-known for his abstract works in metal, has decided to incorporate woodcarving and scenography into his creative work, enthusiastically reviving knowledge he has accumulated during his fruitful career as artist and teacher.

Roberto Salas a life in Photography

By Ilsa Rodríguez

More than half a century of tireless efforts has led Roberto Salas to the summit of Cuban photography. This has been reached thanks to the almost divine grace with which he immortalized the essence of Cuban history since the 1959 revolutionary triumph of which he has been an exceptional witness through the lens of his camera.

Art, utility and skill

By Marita Porto

Artisans and artists from all over Cuba and Latin American guests are participating this December in the 15th International Crafts Fair (FIART for its Spanish acronym) in Havana. Under the motto Art, utility and skill, it provides an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy diversity and good taste.

The Human Figure in the Work of Sagols

By Graciela Guzmán

The human figure occupies top place in the work of young Cuban painter Vladimir León Sagols, who recently enchanted Havana with his exhibition Evas (Eves), featuring women in an ordinary environment, as if surprised in their intimate world.

"In situ", an abstract art exhibition, a tribute to Cuban culture

By Rose Ross

October 10 is a relevant date for Cubans, since that day, in the year 1868, began the quest for Cuban independence against Spanish colonialism.

Artists celebrate their day

By Rose Ross

On September 21, the Day of Artists is celebrated, with the aim of vindicating and honoring the creative work of these professionals in the world.

Realism and surprise: statues of flesh and blood

By Petra Joaquina

Living statues, also known as white statues or human statues, are embodied by actors who remain motionless for long periods of time to simulate real sculptures in cities.

Nestor Martí. Portraits, thoughts and the soul of a city

By Roxana Consuegra, Photos: courtesy of Néstor Martí

Conveying emotions, breaking through mental inertia and stimulating reflective exercise are maxims of Néstor Martí’s artistic career. Capturing the essence of Havana, her eclecticism; her history wrapped in facades, motifs, walls and cobblestones, the energy of her people, her unique smell and sounds, is another leitmotif for the architect.

Alexis Plasencia. The body is a temple... the temple is the art

By Cary Quintana / Photos: Jokerstudio

Alexis Plasencia García is an academically trained artist who in the human figure has found a basis on which to develop his career. His initial work, realistic, has evolved toward the current theme where the body continues as protagonist, but not in the mimicry of a role or supporting canvas, but rather within the covering dermis itself, becoming a stage for the creation.