The exhibition opening and introduction by curator Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta of “Mariano: Variations on a Theme”—the primary main retrospective exhibition of the work of Cuban artist Mariano Rodríguez (Havana, 1912-1990) in the USA—will happen on Thursday, August 4, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (EST). The exhibition can be on view from August 5, 2022, to January 22, 2023, on the Pérez Artwork Museum Miami (PAMM).
Be part of the PAMM for the opening of our newly put in exhibition, Mariano: Variations on a Theme. This exhibition is the primary main retrospective exhibition of the work of Cuban artist Mariano Rodríguez (b. 1912, Havana; d. 1990, Havana) in the USA and spans nearly six a long time of inventive manufacturing.
The exhibition can be launched briefly by exhibition curator Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta after which friends can be invited to see the exhibition. Entrance to the exhibition can be offered on a first-come, first-served foundation, as accessible.
Mariano Rodríguez: Broadly identified merely as “Mariano,” the artist is thought to be some of the necessary painters of the segunda vanguardia—the second era of Cuban modernists who, within the Forties and Fifties, used their work to assemble and specific their imaginative and prescient of the essence of Cuban nationwide id. Although finest identified for his variations on the theme of el gallo (the rooster), Mariano additionally embraced motifs comparable to peasants, fruit, vegetation, and marine topics. In elaborating these topics, Mariano adopted quite a lot of stylistic approaches, from figuration to geometric abstraction, summary expressionism, and grotesque imagery. Via the grotesque he demonstrated a wealthy hybridization of kind and kinds, which signaled a brand new postmodern orientation in his work.
Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta taught Hispanic Research at Boston School for over 20 years and has served as curator at its McMullen Museum of Artwork since 2004. Her analysis pursuits and publications deal with the connection amongst artwork, literature, and tradition in twentieth-century Latin America and Spain. Professor Goizueta has curated over 10 group and solo exhibitions and edited 5 catalogs. Moreover, she has printed quite a few essays on Spanish and Latin American artists. Her exhibitions have traveled to the Excessive Museum of Artwork in Atlanta, Lengthy Seaside Museum of Artwork, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum, Florida Worldwide College, and the Museo de Filatelia, Oaxaca, Mexico.
For extra data, see https://www.pamm.org/en/exhibition/mariano-variations-on-a-theme/
[Shown above: Mariano’s “El pescador.”]