The Prison of Clay (La Prisión de Arcilla) by Joel Besmar Cernuda Arte (Coral Gables) showed work by Joel Besmar, Lilian Garcia-Roig and Jose M. Mijares at Expo Chicago 2018 (Navy Pier September 28 to 30).
Of course Cernuda Arte shows more than three artists. It is a challenge to whittle down what to discuss from the gallery and avoid showing EVERYTHING.
Besmar, from Camagüey, Cuba, often features books in his paintings. Which is unsurprising given he is an art historian and lecturer in additon to being a visual artist. This painting has an architectural theme but how he arranges books also has an architectural feel.
Of course Cernuda Arte shows more than three artists. It is a challenge to whittle down what to discuss from the gallery and avoid showing EVERYTHING.
Besmar, from Camagüey, Cuba, often features books in his paintings. Which is unsurprising given he is an art historian and lecturer in additon to being a visual artist. This painting has an architectural theme but how he arranges books also has an architectural feel.
Grand Million Mogote Hill (Reconstructed Sights) (Gran Millón Mogote) by Lilian Garcia-Roig
Garcia-Roig was born in Havana and received her BFA from Southern Methodist University as well as an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a professor at F.S.U. in Tallahassee.
Taking a page from the Impressionists she paints these landscapes from direct observation. She is on location. While these pieces are representative they skirt abstraction in some cases.
Mijares was a daughtsman, printmaker, and above all a painter. The artist left Cuba in 1968 and settled in MIami. His work follows in the footsteps of Cuban Modernist painters such as Rene Portocarrero and Fidelio Ponce. Mijares work seems unique (at least to me). There is something about the colors and forms he uses that are decidedly non-tropical.
Taking a page from the Impressionists she paints these landscapes from direct observation. She is on location. While these pieces are representative they skirt abstraction in some cases.
Mijares was a daughtsman, printmaker, and above all a painter. The artist left Cuba in 1968 and settled in MIami. His work follows in the footsteps of Cuban Modernist painters such as Rene Portocarrero and Fidelio Ponce. Mijares work seems unique (at least to me). There is something about the colors and forms he uses that are decidedly non-tropical.
Figures by Jose M. Mijares
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