Exposición "Estampas y momentos"/Exhibition "Prints and Moments" (Esp-Eng) Hive Cuba
Un saludo fraternal para todos y en especial a los amantes del arte.
Ayer, 10 de octubre, no fue un día cualquiera para Cuba. En esta fecha sucedió un hecho trascendental e importante en nuestra historia. Ese día, pero en 1895, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, un terrateniente cubano, le dió la libertad a sus esclavos y los insitó a luchar por la independencia y dejar de ser una colonia de España. Es por eso que dicha fecha marca el inicio de la Jornada Nacional de la Cultura. Del 10 al 20 de octubre de cada año, se festeja con actividades culturales por todo el país.
A fraternal greeting to all, and especially to art lovers.
Yesterday, October 10th, was not just any ordinary day for Cuba. On this date, a momentous and important event occurred in our history. On that day, but in 1895, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, a Cuban landowner, granted freedom to his slaves and urged them to fight for independence and to cease being a colony of Spain. That is why this date marks the beginning of the National Culture Week. From October 10th to 20th each year, it is celebrated with cultural activities throughout the country.
Como parte de mi trabajo de promotora cultural, tengo que participar en diferentes espacios, en esta ocasión, tuve que trasladarme hasta la ciudad de Artemisa donde se realizó el acto provincial por el inicio de la Jornada de la Cultura Nacional. Este sucesos tuvo lugar en el cine Juárez y fue aprovechado para homenajear al artista plástico Juan Carlos Muñoz Alfonso por la obra de toda una vida, con una pequeña exposición donde muestra parte de su trabajo. Me parece muy bien que se haga este tipo de homenajes en vida de los artistas, no hay que esperar a que mueran para hacerlo.
As part of my work as a cultural promoter, I have to participate in different events. On this occasion, I had to travel to the city of Artemisa where the provincial ceremony for the start of the National Culture Week was held. This event took place at the Juárez cinema and was used to pay tribute to the visual artist Juan Carlos Muñoz Alfonso for his life's work, with a small exhibition showing part of his work. I think it's excellent that this type of tribute is done for artists during their lifetime; we shouldn't wait until they pass away to do it.
The inaugural words for the Expo, named "Prints and Moments," were given by my dear friend Mireidy García Rojas, a writer and the director of the Provincial Center for Books and Literature of Artemisa.
Juan Carlos Muñoz Alfonso is a Cuban by right, although he was born in Bogotá, Colombia, he has lived most of his life in Cuba. He is also a graduate in Physics and Astronomy. His works are in public and private collections in numerous countries, mainly in the United States, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Hungary. In 1998, he participated in the Art Promotion project at the Art Fair in Paris, France, and accompanied the group Yawar during their most recent tour, offering his live art during each concert.
According to the author himself, this exhibition is a very modest sample of different moments he has experienced as an artist over time. The human figure, which is his favorite genre, is present in almost all of his works. There is no common theme because the works were created in different stages since 2013 and have been exhibited in important exhibitions and art fairs both inside and outside the country.
It is wonderful to see how an apparently simple and believable object, like a painting, can trigger a series of images capable of placing the viewer in a position of imagination, questioning, and reflection. A sensation that distances us, for a while, from the daily convulsions and transports us to the artist's world, a place that can only be reached when memory and its distinction are mediated by a precise brush in skilled hands like those of this painter.
I really liked the color and style of the works I saw in this Expo; their lively and cheerful colors conveyed a strong feeling of fun and hope to me.
Two pieces from this exhibition that most caught my attention and that I enjoyed were the following. The first, a humorous parody of the Mona Lisa titled: "From When There Were No Gyms," which depicts a fat woman holding a loaf of bread from the corner store.
The other was: "Transcultural Dialogue," which shows a Black boy in a supposed conversation with one of the girls from the famous painting "Las Meninas" by the renowned Spanish painter Diego Velázquez.
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