CONTEMPORARY CUBA: WORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
95
Carlos Garaicoa
Acerca de la caja del reloj y del tiempo que se ha ido (About the Grandfather Clock and How Long It's Been Gone)
- Estimate
- $12,000 - 18,000
$10,000
Lot Details
chromogenic print, in 5 parts
(i, iii, iv, v) signed, numbered and dated "2/5 C. Garaicoa 95-00" on the reverse (ii) signed, numbered and dated "3/5 C. Garaicoa 95-00" on the reverse
each image 18 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (47.9 x 47.9 cm.)
each sheet 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
each sheet 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
(i, iii, iv, v) Executed in 1995-2000, each work is number 2 from an edition of 5 (ii) Executed in 1995-2000, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Contemporary Cuba: Works from a Private Collection
Drawn from an important private collection, these artworks showcase the tantalizing visions of 11 artists from different generations of post-Revolutionary Cuba. An iconic work from 1962-63 by Sandú Darié epitomizes the utopian nature of Concrete Art, while a bold work by Raúl Martínez from 1970 eschews abstraction for Pop Art in a graphic style that nods to propaganda posters. Younger artists continue to explore their country’s complicated past and present in myriad ways. These include Carlos Garaicoa—in whose photographs a violinist performs an ode to a decaying grandfather clock—and Kcho—whose largescale drawing presents as a blueprint for a chimerical machine, relating to both Tatlin’s tower and Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machines.
Drawn from an important private collection, these artworks showcase the tantalizing visions of 11 artists from different generations of post-Revolutionary Cuba. An iconic work from 1962-63 by Sandú Darié epitomizes the utopian nature of Concrete Art, while a bold work by Raúl Martínez from 1970 eschews abstraction for Pop Art in a graphic style that nods to propaganda posters. Younger artists continue to explore their country’s complicated past and present in myriad ways. These include Carlos Garaicoa—in whose photographs a violinist performs an ode to a decaying grandfather clock—and Kcho—whose largescale drawing presents as a blueprint for a chimerical machine, relating to both Tatlin’s tower and Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machines.
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