SANDRA CEBALLOS (ENGLISH VERSION)
The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas Facebook fan page has been publishing a series of short reviews about the female artists featured in its latest exhibition A mí me manda Carmen (Carmen put me up to this), a tribute to artist Carmen Herrera…
JAY MATAMOROS (ENGLISH VERSION)*
Orlando Hernández It may seem strange, even inappropriate, to include Ruperto Jay Matamoros in a show devoted to contemporary Afro-Cuban art. Perhaps the reason for such a decision is that Matamoros belongs to the Afro-Cuban world since he was a black artist. However, is it…
BECA A LA VISTA: ATENCIÓN CENTROAMÉRICA Y CARIBE INSULAR
TEOR/ÉTICA, la reconocida institución de arte con sede en San José de Costa Rica, ha lanzado la convocatoria de la Beca Catalizadora 2023. Desde el 2014, la Beca Catalizadora ha sido parte importante del programa de becas y apoyos de TEOR/éTica y tiene como objetivo potenciar organizaciones…
AN ANTIDOTE TO Byung-Chul Han. LUISMA Between Democritus and Epicurus (Between the PLAN and FREE WILL)*
Elvia Rosa Castro Translation into English: Anthony DeVincentis To graduate with a Master’s in Dance Theory, Mercedes Ruíz wrote a brilliant thesis. In said study, she examined the nature of the cuerpo-tumbo (which in English might be rendered as “beat-body”), an image of her own…
AN ONLINE PLATFORM REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100 CUBAN ARTISTS
To be precise, we are talking about 112 artists of Cuban origin residing in various countries, including the Caribbean island itself, whose work can be enjoyed and purchased printed on different goods (merchandise) such as t-shirts, stickers, caps, water bottles, mugs, bags fabric, and prints…
LA MONTAÑA MÁGICA*
Lydia Millhon In this oil painting of 140 by 160 centimeters, independent artist Cesar Castillo visualizes the ideological manipulation through a metaphoric mountain of classic political literature. Not only is Cesar an independently operating artist, but the promotion of his pieces is also predominantly handled…
CONOCE UNA DE LAS ARTISTAS VIVAS MÁS VENDIDAS/MEET ONE OF THE MOST BEST-SELLING LIVING-ARTIST
Píter Ortega (English version bellow) Marlene Dumas es una artista nacida en Cape Town, Sudáfrica en 1953. Vive y trabaja en Amsterdam. Sus pinturas son mayormente realizadas al óleo o acuarela, y se basan en la representación del cuerpo humano para abordar problemáticas como el sexo,…
EL SÉPTIMO DE 27 HERMANOS/THE 7th of 27 CHILDREN
Elvia Rosa Castro (English version bellow) Lonnie Hollye nació en 1950 en Birmingham, Alabama. Nació en el sur racista donde aún existían las leyes conocidas como Jim Crow, las cuales promulgaban la segregación racial y limitaban los derechos civiles de la población afrodescendiente. Lonnie Hollye…
WORK OF THE WEEK XXV
Rocío García (1954) Platoon, 2003 From the series The Tamer and other Stories Oil on canvas In The Tamer and Other Stories, Rocío is at the height of excellency in a pictorial representation and she continues to expand on her themes, but now in the…
THE BRADFORD PHENOMENOM
Elvia Rosa Castro (English version bellow) Mark Bradford (1961) es un artista afro-americano nacido en Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos, que ha tenido una carrera meteórica. A la edad de 35 años tuvo su primer título en arte. ¿Qué hacía antes de eso? Ayudaba a su…
Elvia Rosa Castro
Gustavo Ramos
Héctor Antón
Héctor S. Martínez
Nelson Herrera Ysla
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