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David Castillo Modern & Contemporary Art Announces Opening of Exhibition PARIS, BARCELONA & MIAMI
Opening Reception Saturday, January 14, 2006, 7-10pm
Miami, January 2, 2006 --- David Castillo
Modern & Contemporary
Art opens its next exhibition with historically significant paintings
by artists of the Cuban Vanguard generation. The paintings originate
from one of the world’s most important collections of this
genre. In keeping with the gallery’s mission to show one
featured contemporary artist with every show of historic art, this
exhibition will feature the work of Quisqueya
Henríquez.
Her installation will form part two of this exhibition.
The artists in Paris, Barcelona & Miami include Wifredo
Lam, Cundo Bermúdez, Rene Portocarrero, Amelia Peláez,
Fidelio Ponce de León, and Mario Carreño. Among the
works is an iconic, monochromatic Cundo
Bermúdez painting
from 1953, a rare experimentation, one of the few monochromatic
works the artist ever painted. The show also features a 1946 Mario
Carreño painting, Guitarist with Dancing Couple.
The exhibition’s centerpiece is a double-sided 1938 work
by Wifredo Lam, which he executed during his years in Spain, and
has never before been exhibited. On one side is a still-life La
Table I (Coin d’Atelier) based on the 1914 painting by Henri
Matisse, Interieur, Bocal de Poisson Rouge at the Pompidou in Paris.
On verso is one of Lam’s distinctive, fictional portraits
of a woman, which he painted in homage to the struggle of the Spanish
people during their Civil War. To understand his discreet homage,
visitors to the gallery should study the girl’s eyes.
Among the many reasons the work is considered historically significant
is the fact that it is double-sided, a rare execution for a work
by Lam. In part, the result was due to the artist’s financial
situation at the time. The most important effect of the work is
to show the master’s hand in his interpretation of modernity,
in his interpretation of one of his favorite artists, Matisse.
And on the other hand, the portrait on verso is an emblematic work
by Lam, very much his own and a focus of his work for part of that
period in his career. Therefore, we see a wide-range of talent,
creativity, and originality in this one work, which Lam left us
as two. It was an important piece for Lam himself, as noted by
the expert on Lam’s years in Spain, Maria Lluisa Borras,
because he took this particular work among a handful of others
to his first meeting with Pablo Picasso in Paris, as his letter
of introduction. It was shortly thereafter that Lam began showing
in Paris.
Details about PARIS, BARCELONA & MIAMI
* The show opens to the public on Saturday, January 14, 2006, 7-10pm.
* Catalogues are available for this exhibition, upon request to
the gallery.
* Private previews may be scheduled directly with the gallery.
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