Cuban Art at Malba
Posted on April 14, 2010
As of May 17, the museum offers a taste of the best exponents of Cuban art, among them René Portocarrero, Wilfredo Lam and Amelia Peláez.
Mariano Rodriguez. The dove of peace, 1940. Oil on canvas. 74, 5 x 63.5 cm. Collection Alejandro Rodriguez, Havana. Estate Mariano Rodriguez, Havana
The works of a generation of Cuban artists revived in the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba) until mid-May. This is an interesting and comprehensive displays more than 150 works of the most significant Cuban artists, those who identify themselves as the "vanguard" and that, between 1920 and 1940, renewed the pictorial scene of the island.
The importance of this generation is certain to art historians. These transcendental artists whose contributions were to start talking of a "Cuban art" as such, rather than the "art of Cuba."
From Wilfredo Lam and Amelia Peláez to Mario Carreño and Rene Portocarrero, the exhibition presents works of 13 Cuban artists. In some cases, like Pelaez, including pieces that were part of his personal collection until the death of the artist. For the first time, the public will access them, like the photographs of Jose Manuel Acosta.
The painter Amelia Pelaez.
Women, nationalism and political
From the Malba, note that this exhibition , which will be open until next May 17, is structured around three key themes in the modernization of painting cubaba: the look of women, nationalism and cultural roots and relationship of the vanguard Cuban political conflicts of his time.
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