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Eduardo Santana - OdaliscoThis work is 18" x 13. 5" (45 x 34cm). Acrylic, graphite, collage and watercolor on paper. Done in 2020. Eduardo Santana is a teacher of fine art at one of the Universities in Havana. He is a highly skilled artist, with a substantial degree of conceptual brilliance. Surrealism is a challenging genre for any artist. Some of the Cuban artists tackle this challenge as well as artists anywhere in the world today. Where do these influences come from?

 

This work is 18" x 13.5" (45 x 34cm). Acrylic, graphite, collage and watercolor on paper. Done in 2020.

Eduardo Santana is a teacher of fine art at one of the Universities in Havana. He is a highly skilled artist, with a substantial degree of conceptual brilliance. Surrealism is a challenging genre for any artist. Some of the Cuban artists tackle this challenge as well as artists anywhere in the world today. Where do these influences come from?

Santana has participated in nearly 50 group shows, several solo shows, and has work in collections in Spain, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, the US, Canada, France, the UK, Italy, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Argentina, Slovakia, and Switzerland. 

 

Throughout Latin America, the European art movement Surrealism was enthusiastically accepted by certain segments of the artistic community. Many artists were drawn to Surrealism’s emphasis on the irrational, the emotional, the personal, and the subconscious. In general, European Surrrealist artists examined “primitive” art and folk art to discover an instinctive spirit, a reference point that was relevant to Latin American artists searching to establish a distinctive art based on their own multifaceted traditions.

Highly influential in the implantation of Surrealism in Latin America was the founder of the movement, the French poet-philosopher Andre Breton. In 1934 the Chilean artist Roberto Matta, who had worked in France for Le Corbusier, abandoned his training in architecture, so that he could pursue art in Paris, where he became associated with Breton and the Surrealists. His early paintings placed nonrecognizable biomorphic forms onto a receding spatial grid. In his later works scratched and drawn figures occasionally take on the appearance of menacing Latin American generals, operating as one of the few references to his homeland in his otherwise generalized time and space.

Surrealism also allowed many Latin American artists to explore their individual ancestry. Cuban artist Wifredo Lam joined Breton and his Surrealist circle in 1940, after they went into self-exile in Martinique. When Lam returned to Cuba, he began to examine his own African heritage: his mother was Afro-Cuban, and his godmother was a Santeria priestess. He explored this heritage in his work, depicting tropical fantasies filled with forms suggestive of African sculpture, masks, and figures. This emphasis on African forms also related to his contact with the Surrealists, who saw all “primitive” (narrowly meaning non-Western) artistic expression as connected with humanity’s common subconscious forms and experiences. Lam was particularly influenced by his contact with Picasso, who early in the century had used African sculpture as an important inspiration for Cubism.

 

 

Some biographical notes:

CURRICULUM: Eduardo Santana Navarro. (Ciudad de La Habana, 24 de octubre de 1966.)

Studied at Artes Plásticas in 1980, in the foundation of the Museum Ernest Hemingway, San Ffrancisco. de Paula, although much of his training was self taught.

Solo shows: 1. “Paisajes”, Galería de Arte “10 de Octubre”, 1991. 2.“Pinturas” Galería Sala de Arte “Tretze”, Castellón, España, 1992. 3. “Habana de estos Tiempos”, Galería “Imago”, Gran Teatro de La Habana 2001. 4. “Manipulaciones”, Galería Fernando Boada, 2006. 5. “Vindicación de la armonía" 2010.Galeria Virgen del Camino. San Miguel el Padrón. 6.Sutil-Lente,exposicion de fotografias,Galeria Virgen del Camino,2014. 


Group shows:

Salón Provincial de Jóvenes y Adultos, auspiciado por el Departamento Provincial de Cultura; 1980.

“Primer Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato”, “Salón Lalo Carrasco”, Hotel Habana Libre, 1981.

Salón de la Ciudad 1982. Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño.

Salón "Paisaje 82” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1982.

Invitado por el Grupo "Versiones del Paisaje", por el X .Aniversario del Parque Lenin. Galería Amelia Peláez 1982.

Salón de la Ciudad 1983 Centro Provincia de Artes Plásticas y Diseño. Con el grupo "La Vigía", expone en la Galería de Arte del municipio 10 de octubre en 1984.

Salón 13 de marzo, 1986. Departamento de Actividades Culturales de la Universidad de La Habana. Exposición "Fiesta". Museo Ernest Hemíngway. 1988.

Exposición “20 Años de la Galería L” Direcci6n de Extensión Universitaria, 1988.

III Salón de Pequeño Formato. 1988. Dirección Provincial de Cultura de Camagüey. IV Salón de Pequeño Formato. 1988.

Galería L. III Salón de Artes Plásticas "Arístides Fernández" Galería de Arte Universal. Güines, 1990.

IV Salón de Artes Plásticas “Arístides Fernández”, 1991 Salón de la Ciudad, 1994.

Exposición “Reencuentro”, Galería 10 de octubre 1996. VIII Salón de Artes Plásticas "Arístides Fernández, 1996.

Exposición “Oh La Habana”, Galería Ciudades del Mundo, 1997.

Exposición "Proyecto Horizontal en Portugal" Vidigueira e Beja 1998.

Homenaje del Grupo Proyecto Horizontal a Amelia Peláez, Hotel Habana Libre Tryp, 1998.

Exposición Proyecto Horizontal en: "Mito: esperanza ecléctica de la luz". 1998.

La Madriguera, Sede de la Asociación Hermanos Saiz. Exposición "Fe Horizontal". Convento de San Francisco de Asís. Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad, 1998.

Exposición de Proyecto Horizontal, Galería Imago, 1998

Exposición de Proyecto Horizontal, "Son Arte”, Pintura Cubana de Fin de Siglo. Barcelona, Exposición de Proyecto Horizontal, "Hecho en Cuba” Prestige, arte y antigüedades. Barcelona Exposición de Proyecto Horizontal, Galería Galiano, 1999.

VII Salón “La Copa”, Galería de Arte de Marianao, 2001.

Salón “Waldo Luis Leyva”, Brigada Hnos. Saiz, La Madriguera, Quinta de los Molinos, 2001.

Salón de la Ciudad 2002, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Ciudad de La Habana. Salón “13 de Marzo” Galería L, Extensión Universitaria.

Salón de Pequeño Formato “Fayad Jamis”, Galería L, 2002.

Exposición “Mas allá de los muros”, Galería de San Miguel del Padrón, 2002.

Exposición “Del Paisaje sus Aristas” Galería “Orígenes” 2004.

Exposición “Acción Virgen” Galería de San Miguel del Padrón, 2005.

Grupo Proyecto Virgen. 36 Exposición segunda edición del concurso de arte digital de la Fundación CLIC, El Salvador 37 Exposición permanente LIVING IN HARMONY en El Centro de Fotografía documental en Austin, Texas 2005

38 Exposición Sinastría Galería de Arte Virgen del Camino 2006.

39 III Salón Panorama 42, Galería del anfiteatro de Marianao 2006.

40 Salón de Arte erótico Fayad Jamis, Galería de Arte de Alamar 2007.

41 Exposición de fotografías en la ciudad de Hamilton por la celebración de la semana de la cultura Hamilton, Canada 2007

42 Salón de Arte Digital ¨Pixelart¨, concurso de arte digital. Sancti Spíritus.2008.

43Salón Sancti Spíritus Abstracto 2008.

44 Exposición ¨Imagen Sonora¨, asociación Faticart, Italia. Obra donada para el Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. 2008

45 Salón de Arte Digital ¨Pixelart¨, concurso de arte digital. Sancti Spíritus.2009.

46 Exposición colectiva en homenaje a Antonia Eiriz.2009.

47 Exposición colectiva dedicada a Antonia Eiriz 2014 en la Galería de SMP

48 Exposicion colectiva La Columna Infinita,San Fco de Asis,2016 .

 

Awards and honorable mentions:

1 Mención “Primer Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato”, “Salón Lalo Carrasco”, Hotel Habana Libre, 1981.

2 Mención II Salón “Arístides Fernández” Galería de Arte Universal, Güines, Coauspiciado por la UNEAC, 1986.

3 Mención “Concurso 26 de Julio”, Dirección Política de las FAR, 1990.

4 Primer Premio en Exposición “Paisajes en Homenaje a Amelia Peláez” Taller de Cerámica Parque Lenin, 1990.

5 Premio en “Arte Colonial”, Salón Convocado por la ACAA, 1996 . Premio en Pixelart, concurso de arte digital. Sancti Spíritus.2008. 2do premio “Arte Vida”, Salón convocado por la Galería de Arte de San Miguel del Padrón 2009.

Mención en el 2do Salón de Artes Plásticas “Arte Vida” 2011.

 

Distinctions: -

“11 de Junio“. Otorgada por la Asamblea Municipal del Poder Popular de San miguel del Padrón。Año 2007. -“Gitana Tropical“。

Otorgada por la Dirección Provincial de cultura en el año 2009.

 

Membership: La ACAA.

Proyecto Comunitario Muraleando Murals: Escuela Secundaria Básica “Luis Melián”. Municipio San Miguel del Padrón 2003.

Escuela Primaria Nguyen Van Troi”. Municipio 10 de octubre. Proyecto comunitario Muraleando 2003. Centro Provincial de Superación para la cultura.

Proyecto comunitario Muraleando 2003.

Muro de la Termoeléctrica “Antonio Maceo”, hoy escuela de capacitación del MINBAS. Municipio Regla.

Proyecto de murales Cuba-Brasil 2003.

 

Donations:

Obra de técnica mixta / cartulina a Casa Guayasamin para el proyecto la capilla del hombre 1996.

Obra de técnica mixta / cartulina para el proyecto “Una obra para Pablo” 1997. Mural, acrílico / madera de 8 m cuadrados a la ESBU “Luis Melian” 2003.

Obra acrílico /cartulina para premiar la 22 edición del concurso nacional de cuentos Ernest Hemingway, 2010.

Obra donada para premiar la 23 edición Encuentro Nacional de Video.2010.Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura. Obra acrílico / tela para formar parte del patrimonio cultural del municipio San Miguel del Padrón entregada al Museo Municipal.2011

Obra acrílico / Cartulina para homenajear a Pedro Pablo Rodríguez, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en el marco de la feria del libro en su 22 edición.2013

Colaboraciones suyas han aparecido en la Revista Revolución y Cultura.

 

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