10 Cuban Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art | Artsy
WEBJul 7, 2022 · These 10 artists showcase the diversity of Cuban art today, making work about protest, design, the natural landscape, and the female form.
9 Afro-Cuban Artists & Intellectuals You Should Know
WEBJun 7, 2016 · Here are 9 Afro-Cuban musicians, filmmakers, artists and intellectuals crossing over racial boundaries to address global audiences.
Manuel Mendive - Artnet
WEBManuel Mendive is an eminent Afro-Cuban painter, sculptor, and performance artist. His colorful, evocative paintings and carvings—as well as his dynamic performance and body art—pay tribute to the historic and religious art forms of Africa and Cuba.
Wifredo Lam - MoMA
WEBWifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (Chinese: 林飛龍; Jyutping: lam4 fei1lung4; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture.
Cuban Artists – The Top 10 Most Famous Multicultural Artists
WEBSep 12, 2023 · Valdés is a multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist who explores Afro-Cuban concepts through mediums such as installation, photography, and sculpture while shedding light on the current global refugee issues.
Harmonia Rosales: Black Feminine Empowerment in Paintings
WEBMar 28, 2021 · Harmonia Rosales is an Afro-Cuban artist who uses the Western techniques of old to evoke Black feminine empowerment and cultural acceptance in her 21st-century paintings.
MacArthur 'genius' grantee's magic art conjures up her Afro-Cuban ... - NPR
WEBOct 4, 2023 · One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern...
Rethinking Cuban art — Harvard Gazette
WEBSep 14, 2022 · The first new exhibition in two years at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art hopes to revolutionize how Cuban art is considered through the inclusion of artists of African descent who were usually excluded from shows.
Afro-Cuban Artists: A Renaissance | Museum of Art and …
WEBFeb 23, 2016 · Manuel Mendive and Eduardo "Choco" Roca Salazar are two of the most celebrated Cuban artists working today. Both men benefited from the educational and cultural initiatives instituted by Fidel Castro following the 1959 Cuban Revolution and draw inspiration from their Afro-Cuban heritage.
Wifredo Lam Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
WEBThe Cuban artist Wifredo Lam was a trailblazer who helped open up mid-century modern art to Black historical awareness+.
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