DE ANDY WARHOL A CINDY SHERMAN. ARTE DEL SIGLO XX-2

The poetic birth of Cuba, and of the character of its culture, might be found in a phrase placed in the mouth of an aborigine of the island and included in a book by the Cuban writers Cintio Vitier and Fina Garcia Marruz, who traced and assembled such outbursts of inadvertent poetry. As is well known, the Spaniards arrived in America by way of the Antilles, which have always formed a sort of aquatic frontier of the continent. In addition to a thirst for gold, the peculiar geography of the area awakened another obsession in Christopher Columbus and his followers that was to last for years: to...

Catàleg de l'exposició inaugurada al Museu d'Art de Girona el 24 de novembre de 2007 (del 24-11-2007 al 2-3-2008), primera retrospectiva de l'autor, la pintura del qual es basa en un coneixement molt profund de les coses, dels paisatges que l'envolten, per quedar-se amb l'essència, allò que realment és important. La mo stra, estructurada en cinc sales, conté una trentena de quadres que plasmen dife rents paisatges del seu entorn més immediat, on predomina la llum i el blanc, fi ns arribar a un dels conceptes centrals de la seva obra, la desertització, el de spullament del paisatge.

Una desternillante vuelta de tuerca humorística a los elementos mil veces vistos en la fantasía épica. Victor Conde, maestro absoluto del género, se da el gusto de presentarnos una historia en apariencia clásica: un reino perdido, una bestia temible que lo ocupa, una princesa que habrá de ser entregada en sacrificio. Sin embargo, no tardaremos ni media página en darnos cuenta de que nada es lo que parece en esta historia que nos quitará el aliento... a base de carcajadas. Víctor Conde es un escritor español nacido en Santa Cruz de Tenerife en 1973. Se le considera uno de los...

A beautifully produced, comprehensive look at Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez that traces her alluring and evocative paintings and sculpture from the 1950s to today Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926) often says, “Soy isla” (“I am an island”), expressing her desire for solitary, uncompromising practice. It also serves as a metaphor for her experience as an islander—connected to and disconnected from both the mainland and mainstream art currents, such as concretism, gestural abstraction, and minimalism. Characterized by reductive forms, clean lines, and sensuous curves suggestive of...