AfroCuba:
Works on Paper, 1968-2003
Organized by the San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery
Curated by Judith Bettelheim, SFU faculty member
Curatorial Consultant Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernández), Cuban Artist and Critic
Manuel Mendive, #1 de la serie Orichas ( #1 from the series Orichas), 2002, Screenprint.
Elio Rodríguez Valdes, The Temptation of the Joint Venture de la serie Las Perlas de tu Boca (from the series The Pearls of your Mouth), 1995, Screenprint.
Choco (Eduardo Roca Salasar), Babalú, 1999, Collagraph.
José Julián Aguilera, La Trova (The Trova), 1968/2000, Woodcut.
Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy, No me pises (Don't Step on me), 2002, graphite and white chalk drawing.
Marta María Pérez Bravo, Recuerdos de Nuestro Bebé (Memories of Our Baby), n.d., Screenprint.
Ibrahim Miranda, Sin Título (Untitled), 1999, Woodcut.
Manuel Mendive, La Familia (The Family), 1998, Screenprint.
Alexis Esquivel, Sin Título #1 (Untitled #1), 2003, Charcoal on paper
Armando Posse, Sin Título (Untitled), 1968, Wood engraving.
Raúl Alfaro Torres, Cuarto Salón Independiente (Fourth Independent Salon), 1982, Woodcut.
Rafael Queneditt, Elebwá (Elegguá), 1970, Blind embossment in metal cut
AfroCuba: Works on Paper, is a groundbreaking exhibition by twenty-six artist from Havana and Santiago de Cuba. The artists in this exhibition represent a cross section of Cuban society, and their works show a diverse range of subject matter, styles and techniques, including lithographs, collographs, woodcuts, screen prints, and ink and crayon drawings.
This exhibition is the first to focus on on AfroCuban artists and themes through a historical-thematic lens'—and the first time this work has been grouped together in a major exhibition outside of Cuba. As a group, and as a statement, this thirty-five-year chronicle of AfroCuban artist testifies to the vitality and richness of work produced (and still being produced) on the island.
WORKS
56
DIMENSIONS
16 x 20 to 44 x 30 (inches)
40,64 x 50,8 to 111,76 x 76,2 (cm)
SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Aprox. 300 linear feet (91,44 linear meters)
INQUIRIES
exhibitions@curatorial.org
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FEE
$11,500 for a six to eight-week period
CURATOR BIOGRAPHY
Judith Bettelheim, Ph.D. and art historian, author of two books and numerous articles about Caribbean art and culture, has worked in Cuba since 1985, and for this exhibition she interviewed numerous artist and collected work that attests to these artists’ involvement in AfroCuban culture.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Rafael Queneditt Morales, Choco (Eduardo Roca Salasar), Israel Tamayo Zamora, Marta María Pérez Bravo, José Omar, Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal, Rafael Zarza, Manuel Mendive, Roberto Fabelo, José Julián Aguilera, Raúl Martínez, Raúl Alfaro Torres, Diana Balboa, Jorge Knight Vera, Ibrahim Miranda, Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy, Alexis Esquivel, Elio Rodríguez Valdes, Nelson Domínguez Cedeño and Grupo Antillano (A Black Consciousness Movement).
PUBLICATION
Afrocuba: Works On Paper, 1968-2003
(San Francisco State Univ Art Dept, 2005)