Cernuda Arte Opening Reception, Mendive & Three Centuries of Afro Cuban Artists
Opening Reception First Friday – Gallery Night
January 3, 2014, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Cernuda Arte
3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone: 305-461-1050 Fax: 305-461-1063
www.cernudaarte.com
Please join us for this unique exhibition of artworks by renowned contemporary master, Manuel Mendive, accompanied by a historic and panoramic view of works by sixteen Afro Cuban artists from the 1800’s to the present.
Including outstanding examples by artists such as: Vicente Escobar, MarÃa Ariza, Emilio Rivero MerlÃn, Ramón Loy, Alberto Peña, Wifredo Lam, Teodoro Ramos Blanco, Roberto Diago, Guido Llinás, Uver SolÃs, AgustÃn Cárdenas, Enrique Gay GarcÃa, Angel Acosta León, Nicolás Guillén Landrián, Tomás Esson, and Juan Roberto Diago.
Image: Manuel Mendive, Bodies in Movement, 1989, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 1/4 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, Italy.
Exhibited in Manuel Mendive in Padua, Colors 90, Department of Culture + Cultural Heritage, Padua, Italy, 1990, and is illustrated in the exhibition catalog, page 57, with texts by Pierre Restany and Giorgio Segato.
Concurrently on the second floor, a new group show of Cuban and Latin American artists.
