Carlos Cárdenas
Construir el Cielo / Constructing Heaven, 1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May 29-Sep 9) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2007 (Oct 7-Dec 31) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 (Oct 3-Jan 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2010 (Oct 15-Jan 10) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 (Feb-Apr 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2010 (Jun 27-Sep 19) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
REFERENCES:
Jurgen Harten and Antonio Eligio (Tonel), eds., Kuba o.k.: actuelle Kunst aus Kuba / Arte actual de Cuba (Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Cuba, 1990), back cover. Rachel Weiss, ed. The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now (Brookline, MA: Polarities, 1990), p. 46. David Craven, Art & Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), p.114. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
Lucha entre las ideas y la luz / Struggle between Ideas and Light, 1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May 29-Sep 9) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2007 (Oct 7-Dec 31) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 (Oct 3-Jan 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2010 (Oct 15-Jan 10) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 (Feb-Apr 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2010 (Jun 27-Sep 19) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
REFERENCES:
Rachel Weiss, ed. The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now (Brookline, MA: Polarities, 1990), p. 47. David Craven, Art & Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), p.114. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
Resistir, Luchar, Vencer / Resist, Fight, Win, 1989-1990
Width: 80cm
Height: 100cm ( 20 pieces)
Medium: Painting - oil on Canvas
EXHIBITIONS:
1992 (October 27-December 20) Ante América: Regarding América, traveling show, Casa Luis López Mesa, Bogota, Colombia;1993 (September) Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela;
1994 Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY; Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
REFERENCES:
Gerardo Mosquera, ed., Ante America (Bogota: Banco de la República, Biblioteca Luis-Angel Arang, 1992).
Filosofía popular / Popular Philosphy, 1989
Width: 1.50 mtrs
Height: 1.50 mtrs
Medium: Painting - Oil on Canvas
REFERENCES:
Marketta Seppälä, ed., No Man Is an Island: Young Cuban Art (Pori, Finland: Museum of Pori, 1990), p. 19. [catalogue of the exhibit, May 1990]. Luis Camnitzer, New Art from Cuba (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994; 2003 reprint), p. 240, illus.
El Hombre crece antes las dificultades, ca.1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
Con la Guardia en alto, ca.1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
Untitled, ca.1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
Ahorrar para crecer, ca.1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
Untitled, ca. 1989
Medium: Painting - Oil on Canvas
Untitled, 1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Prints/Editions - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May 29-Sep 9) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2007 (Oct 7-Dec 31) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 (Oct 3-Jan 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2010 (Oct 15-Jan 10) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 (Feb-Apr 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2010 (Jun 27-Sep 19) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
REFERENCES:
David Craven, Art & Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), p.114. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
Por el camino correcto / For the Correct Path, 1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May 29-Sep 9) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2007 (Oct 7-Dec 31) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 (Oct 3-Jan 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2010 (Oct 15-Jan 10) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 (Feb-Apr 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2010 (Jun 27-Sep 19) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
REFERENCES:
Rachel Weiss, ed. The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now (Brookline, MA: Polarities, 1990), p. 46. David Craven, Art & Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), p.114. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007). Center for Cuban Studies, 40th Anniversary Calendar, July 2012, illus.
Mi suerte está en mi corazón, mi casa soy yo /
My luck is in my heart, I am my house, 1989
My luck is in my heart, I am my house, 1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May 29-Sep 9) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2007 (Oct 7-Dec 31) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 (Oct 3-Jan 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2010 (Oct 15-Jan 10) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 (Feb-Apr 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2010 (Jun 27-Sep 19) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
REFERENCES:
David Craven, Art & Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), p.114. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
Invencibles (junto a Fidel) / We Are Invincible (Together with Fidel), 1989
Width: 11 inches
Height: 12 inches
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May 29-Sep 9) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2007 (Oct 7-Dec 31) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 (Oct 3-Jan 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2010 (Oct 15-Jan 10) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 (Feb-Apr 4) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2010 (Jun 27-Sep 19) Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
REFERENCES:
Rachel Weiss, ed. The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now (Brookline, MA: Polarities, 1990), p. 47. David Craven, Art & Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), p.114. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
Quiero ser un hombre libre, 1989
Width: 10cm
Height: 25cm
Medium: Painting - oil, coin on board
Maneras de seguir adelante /
Ways to Continue Forward, 1989
Width: 6 PANELS
Medium: Painting - Oil on Board
EXHIBITIONS:
1991 The Nearest Edge of the World—Art and Cuba Now, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY.REFERENCES:
Rachel Weiss, ed., The Nearest Edge of the World—Art and Cuba Now (Brookline, MA: Polarities, 1990).
About Carlos Cárdenas
b. 1962, resides in the United States
Carlos Cárdenas is one of the most active artists working within the “demythifying” or critical trend that distinguished Cuban art in the 1990s. His entry into the contemporary art spotlight came . . .
Joining the collection, a striking, unsettling canvas from Roberto Fabelo’s recent show at Galería Habana