Agustin cardenas biography
- Biography.
- Agustín Cárdenas was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1927.
- Agustin Cardenas was born on April 10, 1927 in Matanzas, a small merchant area to the north east of Havana.
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b. Havana, Cuba, 10 April 1927 – d. Havana, Cuba, 9 February 2001
While the work of Cuban artist, Agustin Cárdenas, embodies his Latin-American and African origins, its strong symbolism and extreme liberty frees it from their respective references. Working with wood, marble, and bronze, Cárdenas developed poetic, curved, and sensual works in which organic generosity, elongated silhouettes, and abstract forms all mix together. The abstract nature of his volumes is almost always counterbalanced by a figurative representation, which is suggested by his chosen titles. Totems, shells, women, couples, horses, doors, stele: Cárdenas worked with an array of highly symbolic subjects providing him with the pretext to explore many facets of creation across various forms.
His works are included in numerous museum collections including those of the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Museo d’Arte moderna in Rome, the Museo d’Arte Moderno in Caracas, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Museo Nacional in Cuba, the Modern Art Museum in Te
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Agustín Cárdenas
Cuban sculptor (1927–2001)
Agustín Cárdenas Alfonso (April 10, 1927, Matanzas, Cuba – February 9, 2001, Havana, Cuba) was a Cubansculptor who was active in the Surrealist movement in Paris. His sculpture was influenced by Brâncuși, Henry Moore, and Jean Arp.[1][2] Poet André Breton said of his artistic hand that it was "efficient as a dragonfly."[3]
Biography
Cárdenas was a descendant of slaves from Senegal and the Congo, and was born in Matanzas, a major port in the sugar industry.[3] In Cuba, Cárdenas studied under Juan José Sicre, and from 1943 to 1949 at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana.[2] He was member of Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC) from 1951 to 1955, and of the creative group Los Once from 1953 to 1955. Cárdenas' work was exhibited several times in 1952 "Pintura Ávila Escultura Cárdenas" at Palacio de los Trabajadores in Havana, and in 1955 he exhibited a selection of his pieces in "Agustín Cárdenas: 20 esculturas" at the Museo Nacional de
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Selected Monographs
2015
Cárdenas Malagodi Elena, 'Cárdenas e Carrara’ Comune di Carrara, Carrara, IT.
Stroobant Dominique, 'Agustin Cárdenas’, Comune di Carrara, Carrara, IT.
2012
Goutier Jean Michel , 'Éloge de la caresse', Château Biron, Dordogne, FR.
2003
'Cárdenas, 1927‑2001', Galerie JGM, Paris.
2002
Leymarie Jean, 'Agustin Cárdenas', Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, US.
1997
Pierre José, 'Hommage à Cárdenas', Galleria delle Stelline, Skira, Milan, IT.
1992
Jouffroy Alain, 'Cárdenas et le fond des temps', Art Bärtshi Cie, Genève, CH.
1990
Girard Xavier, 'La sculpture sur bois d’Agustin Cárdenas', JGM. Galerie, Paris.
Silva Carlos, 'Agustín Cárdenas’, Paris.
Pau Liosa Ricardo, 'Agustín Cárdenas', Galerie Durbán, Caracas.
1988
Pierre José, 'Hommage à Cárdenas', Galerie JGM, Paris.
1981
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