Fernando Rodríguez
De la serie Sueño Nupcial: ¨Vistiéndose al amanecer” /
Nuptial Dream series: Getting Dressed at Dawn, 1994
Nuptial Dream series: Getting Dressed at Dawn, 1994
Width: 80cm
Height: 70cm
Medium: Sculpture - carved wood, paint
EXHIBITIONS:
1994 Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.1994 Die 5 Biennale von Havanna, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1994 Exhibition of Cuban artists invited to the Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana.
1995 New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK.
1996 Adentro/Afuera, New Works from Cuba, Walter Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
1997 Cuba, Utopian Territories, Helen and Belkin Morris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
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, FL
2007 (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:
Catalogue, Fifth Havana Biennial, 1994, p. 301. Catalogue, Cuba, Utopian Territories (Vancouver, 1997), pp. 42-44. Luis Camnitzer, New Art from Cuba, 1994 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003 reprint), central page, color. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
De la serie Sueño Nupcial: ¨En La Bodeguita del Medio¨ /
Nuptial Dream series: In the café La Bodeguita del Medio, 1994
Nuptial Dream series: In the café La Bodeguita del Medio, 1994
Width: 70cm
Height: 70cm
Medium: Sculpture - carved wood, paint
EXHIBITIONS:
1994 Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.1994 Die 5 Biennale von Havanna, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1994 Exhibition of Cuban artists invited to the Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana.
1995 New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK.
1996 Adentro/Afuera, New Works from Cuba, Walter Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
1997 Cuba, Utopian Territories, Helen and Belkin Morris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
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, FL
2007 (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:
Catalogue, Fifth Havana Biennial, 1994, p. 301. Catalogue, Cuba, Utopian Territories (Vancouver, 1997), pp. 42-44. Veerle Poupeye, Caribbean Art (Thames & Hudson, 1998), p. 191. Luis Camnitzer, New Art from Cuba, 1994 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003 reprint), central page, color. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
De la serie Sueño Nupcial: ¨Poniéndole el rabo al burro¨ /
Nuptial Dream series: Pinning the Tail on the Donkey, 1994
Nuptial Dream series: Pinning the Tail on the Donkey, 1994
Width: 60cm
Height: 70cm
Medium: Sculpture - carved wood, paint
EXHIBITIONS:
1994 Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.1994 Die 5 Biennale von Havanna, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1994 Exhibition of Cuban artists invited to the Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana.
1995 New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK.
1996 Adentro/Afuera, New Works from Cuba, Walter Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
1997 Cuba, Utopian Territories, Helen and Belkin Morris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
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, FL
2007 (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:
Catalogue, Fifth Havana Biennial, 1994, p. 301. Eugenio Valdés Figueroa, et al., eds., Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba (Vancouver, B.C.: Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery and Belkin Art Gallery, 1997), p. 44. Luis Camnitzer, New Art from Cuba, 1994 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003 reprint), central page, color. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
De la serie Sueño Nupcial: ¨Camino a la iglesia¨ /
Nuptial Dream series: En Route to the Church, 1994
Nuptial Dream series: En Route to the Church, 1994
Width: 70cm
Height: 70cm
Medium: Sculpture - carved wood, paint
EXHIBITIONS:
1994 Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.1994 Die 5 Biennale von Havanna, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1994 Exhibition of Cuban artists invited to the Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana.
1995 New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK.
1996 Adentro/Afuera, New Works from Cuba, Walter Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
1997 Cuba, Utopian Territories, Helen and Belkin Morris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
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, FL
2007 (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:
Catalogue, Fifth Havana Biennial, 1994, p. 301. Catalogue, Cuba, Utopian Territories (Vancouver, 1997), pp. 42-44. Luis Camnitzer, New Art from Cuba, 1994 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003 reprint), central page, color. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
De la serie Sueño Nupcial: ¨Mirando al mar” /
Nuptial Dream series: Watching the Sea, 1994
Nuptial Dream series: Watching the Sea, 1994
Width: 75cm
Height: 80cm
Medium: Sculpture - carved wood, paint
EXHIBITIONS:
1994 Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.1994 Die 5 Biennale von Havanna, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1994 Exhibition of Cuban artists invited to the Fifth Havana Biennial, Havana.
1995 New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK.
1996 Adentro/Afuera, New Works from Cuba, Walter Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
1997 Cuba, Utopian Territories, Helen and Belkin Morris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
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, FL
2007 (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:
Catalogue, Fifth Havana Biennial, 1994, p. 301. Catalogue, Cuba, Utopian Territories (Vancouver, 1997), pp. 42-44. Luis Camnitzer, New Art from Cuba, 1994 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003 reprint), central page, color. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
La Poda Necesaria / Necessary Pruning, 1997
Width: 300cm
Height: 300cm
Medium: Sculpture - Wood , Metal
EXHIBITIONS:
2007 (May-July) Killing Time: An Exhibition of Cuban Artists from the 1980s to the Present, Exit Art, New York, NY.REFERENCES:
Eugenio Valdés Figueroa, et al., eds., Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba (Vancouver, B.C.: Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery and Belkin Art Gallery, 1997), p. 42.
Unir/Separar (Join/Separate), 2004
Height: 3 mtrs long
Medium: Sculpture - carved wood installation
EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Sebashku-Juntos-Tillsammans, II Tirana Biennial, Tirana, Albania.2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, Uppsala, Sweden.
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, FL
2007 (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:
Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007).
Study for Unir/Separar (Join/Separate), 2004
Width: 62.5cm
Height: 183cm
Medium: Painting - Collage, frabric and acrylic
Precaución / Caution,
Medium: Sculpture
About Fernando Rodríguez
b. 1970, resides in Cuba
Rodríguez’s sculptures, drawings, canvases, and short digital films deconstruct—with a healthy serving of Cuban humor—the labels of primitivism, local color, and popular identity frequently imposed on Latin American and Cuban art. Sueño Nupcial (Nuptial Dream) depicts the wedding of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and . . .
Joining the collection, a striking, unsettling canvas from Roberto Fabelo’s recent show at Galería Habana