• Submitted by: manso
• Editorial Articles
• 05 / 24 / 2011

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Published: Mon, 2011-05-23 04:42. Something real big and special is launching this evening at Y Art and Framing Gallery, at 26 Taylor Street, Woodbrook. It’s the premiere of the Cuban Art Exhibition which runs for two weeks and features the amazing works of Cuban artists Alicia Leal and José Fustér. The Y exhibition runs until June 3 and viewing hours are Monday to Friday (9 am to 5 pm; Saturday (9 am to 2 pm).

The fortnight of Cuban art and food is also on at two other venues, Horizons Framing and Decor Ltd, at 37-39 Mucurapo Road, St James, and Hyatt Regency, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. The Horizons exhibition begins tomorrow evening and showcases the work of Alberto Sautua, Carlos Guzmán and Vicente Bonachea, and runs until June 4.

The Hyatt gets into the picture on Thursday when it premieres the best in authentic Cuban cuisine and entertainment by Son de Cuba. Dinner costs $300 per person (plus 26.5 per cent tax and service charge) and for reservations call 821-6550.

The Artists:

José Fustér is the senior of the group. Born in the province of Santa Clara, Cuba in 1946, he is not only a great painter and engraver, but also Cuba’s premier ceramist, with his home studio structure well known throughout the world. Influenced more by Brancusi than by Gaudi, Fustér, called by many the Caribbean Picasso, says he found art in the Sierra Maestra (Cuba’s mountain range,) a world he has never abandoned, full of trees, peasants, roosters, horses and all sort of colours. Throughout his career, Fustér has conducted hundreds of personal and collective exhibitions throughout the world, including a very successful personal exhibition conducted in November 2009 at the Y Art & Framing Gallery in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where he sold all of his paintings during the first night of exhibition.

Alicia Leal was born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba in 1957. She is an active member of Unesco’s Asociación Internacional de Artistas Plásticos (AIAP). Graduated in 1980 from Escuela de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba. Leal did her first personal exhibition in 1984, conducting more than 30 personals since, mostly in Cuba, but also in Germany, Jamaica, Luxemburg, Malaysia and USA (Texas). She has also participated in close to 100 collective exhibitions, a lot of them in countries like, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Grand Cayman, Holland, Jamaica, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, USVI and USA. Some of her most important permanent and also private collections are being exhibited in Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain and USA, among others.

Born in Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba in 1970, Carlos Guzmán did his first personal exhibition in 1986 and since then has conducted more than 40 personal exhibitions, mostly in Cuba, but also in Costa Rica, Panama, Portugal, USA (Florida) and St Marteen. By year end he will be conducting personal exhibitions in Paris and Porto (Portugal). Carlos has also participated in more than 50 collective exhibitions, mostly in Cuba but also in Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, St Marteen, Spain, USA (Texas and Florida) and Venezuela. He is a drawing master, in constant search for new forms as a “magic alchemist,” mixing his acrylics in a constant imaginary fantasy dream, with permanent and private collections all over the world.

Vicente Bonachea was born in Ciudad de la Habana in 1957. He conducted his first personal exhibition in 1978, conducting more than 30 since, in Cuba, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and USA (Florida). Vicente has also participated in over 80 collective exhibitions in Cuba, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Grand Cayman, Holland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Martinique, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, USA (Boston, Florida, Pennsylvania) and Venezuela. Vicente is now working for his upcoming personal exhibition in Luxemburg. His murals are all over Cuba and his paintings, full of unique colours, now being widely recognised as Bonachean Greens and Blues.

Alberto Sautua is the youngest of the group, born in Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba in 1976. Also a member of the UNEAC. Sautua’s first personal exhibition was in 1999, conducting several since, mostly in Cuba, but also in Canada. He has also participated in close to 30 collective exhibitions in Cuba, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, USA (Washington DC) and Sweden.


Contacts: at Web: yartgallery.com and Web: horizonsartgallery.com

Source: /www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2011/05/23/cuban-art-show-gallery