Los Carpinteros
Un Peso, 1991
Width: 39 7/8 inches
Height: 17 1/8 inches ( x 2 1/4 inches deep)
Medium: Sculpture - wood and metal
Vanite, 1994
Width: 78 inches
Height: 102 inches (x 27 inches deep)
Medium: Sculpture - Wood, Marble, Oil painting
REFERENCES:
Celia Sredni de Birbragher, “Howard Farber, coleccionista de arte,” Art Nexus 78:9 (2010), pp. 64-69.
Piscina bloque / Swimming Pool Block, 2002
Width: 41 3/4 inches
Height: 29 1/2 inches
Medium: Painting - watercolor on paper
EXHIBITIONS:
2005-2007 Los Carpinteros: Inventing the World / Inventar el mundo (Apr 8–Jul 15, 2005) Contemporary Art Center, University of South Florida, Tampa; (Jan 21–Apr 2, 2006) Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; (May 6–Jul 30, 2006) Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; (Jan 27–Apr 22, 2007) Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada.
Mueble gordo / Fat Furniture, 2003
Width: 92 inches
Height: 55 1/2 inches
Medium: Painting - watercolor on paper
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Just in Time, Subastahabana (Havana Auction), La Casona Gallery, Havana.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:
Just in Time, auction catalogue (Havana: La Casona Gallery, 2004), p. 65. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007). Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, et al, Los Carpinteros Handwork: Constructing the World (Cologne: Walther König, 2010), p. 160.
Radio Metropolitana, 2003
Width: 130cm
Height: 299cm
Medium: Painting - watercolor on cardboard
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Just in Time, Subastahabana (Havana Auction), La Casona Gallery, Havana.2005-2007 Los Carpinteros: Inventing the World / Inventar el mundo (Apr 8–Jul 15, 2005) Contemporary Art Center, University of South Florida, Tampa; (Jan 21–Apr 2, 2006) Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; (May 6–Jul 30, 2006) Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; (Jan 27–Apr 22, 2007) Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada.
REFERENCES:
Art Districts magazine 2:4 (Feb-Mar 2011), p. 12, illus.
Faro tumbado / Fallen Lighthouse, 2004
Width: 200cm
Height: 133cm
Medium: Painting - watercolor on paper
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 (Nov-Dec) Los Carpinteros, Obras Recientes (The Carpenters, Recent Works), Centro Wifredo Lam-Galería Servando, Havana.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
2012 Caribbean Crossroads of the World, Queens Museum of Art, New York
REFERENCES:
Art Nexus, March 2006. Revista ArteCubano, 1/2006, illus. p. 35. Abelardo Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection (University of Florida Press, 2007). Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, et al, Los Carpinteros Handwork: Constructing the World (Cologne: Walther König, 2010), p. 232. Elvis Fuentes, project director, Caribbean Crossroads of the World (New York: Queens Museum of Art, 2012), p. 13.
Cosmos, 2004
Width: 89 3/4 inches
Height: 60.25 inches
Medium: Painting - watercolor on paper
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 (Nov-Dec) Los Carpinteros, Obras Recientes (The Carpenters, Recent Works), Centro Wifredo Lam-Galería Servando, Havana.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).
Sala de lectura ovalada / Oval Reading Room (3/4 view), 2010
Width: 112cm
Height: 76cm
Medium: Painting - watercolor on paper
About Los Carpinteros
Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez (b. 1969, resides in Cuba) and
Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés (b. 1971, resides in Cuba) and
Alexandre Arrechea (b.1970, resides in Cuba). (Arrechea left the group in 2003.)
In the 1990s, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Alexandre Arrechea, and Marco Castillo were christened “Los Carpinteros” (The Carpenters) for the paintings and sculptures they made using . . .
Joining the collection, a striking, unsettling canvas from Roberto Fabelo’s recent show at Galería Habana