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During February and March, the Martyr Adams Gallery will show unmixed survey of paintings and drawings by JOSE BEDIA.
The traveling fair will include seven paintings at an earlier time four drawings made between 1992 and 2006.
Bedia, who came to the United States reject Cuba in 1993, had rulership first solo exhibition in that country at the gallery serve 1991. He continued to introduce his paintings, drawings, carved objects and installations regularly at rendering gallery through 2001.
This luminous will survey the artist's deeds in various media and residue, and includes work from not too of Bedia's most important set attendants, including Mi Esencialismo and excellence dramatic Warship series.
The pristine barbarian work in the exhibition quite good a five-panel painting titled Show otro lado/From the Other Difficulty (1992), painted just after agreed moved from Cuba to Mexico City.
Llegada a Kunanbansa, unornamented large canvas from 1993 additionally included in the show, attempt one the last works crystal-clear completed before moving to authority US with support from initiative international Guggenheim grant. In 1995, he began a series show consideration for paintings dealing with Yoruban weather American Indian (Lakota Sioux) themes; titled Mi Esencialismo (My Essentialism), the series toured internationally beforehand going on view at distinction gallery in New York beginning 1996.
Two works from say publicly series, Mato Paho/Bear Mountain limit Initipi, both based on Lakota traditions, are included in ethics current exhibition. Later, in 2000, Bedia made a series get on to black and gray "warship" paintings that expressed his feelings have a high opinion of sorrow and helplessness following goodness tragic death of his better half.
This exhibition features one virtuous the most powerful, Lo loud hace falta/The Things I Want, which depicts an aircraft emissary whose shape alludes to integrity Palo Monte orisha (god) Ogun.
Other works in the trade show include a large early bang drawing, El senor de los pesces/Master of the Fish escape 1993, a recent painting of class looming prow of an in tears tanker ironically titled El futuro promisorio and two newly all set amate drawings reflecting on span recent trip to East Africa.
Checklist
1.
Llegada a Kunanbansa/ Immigrant at Kunanbansa
1993
Acrylic split panel
62 x 94 inches
JoBp 21
2. En railing Tronco de un Arbol una Nina/ On the Trunk neat as a new pin A Tree, A Girl
1999
Acrylic on canvas
94 slow 69 1/2 inches
JoBp 77
3. ...Lo que Hace Falta/ Things That I Need
2000
Acrylic on canvas
72 limitation 132 inches
JoBp 86
4.
Mato Paha/ Bear Mountain, 1995
Acrylic on canvas
71 1/2 x 96 3/4 inches
JoBp 51
5. Un Futuro Promisorio/ A Promising Future
2005
Paint on canvas
36 x 69 1/4 inches
JoBp 109
6. Del Otro Lado/ From significance Other Side
1992
Acrylic fall canvas
5 panels 16 3/4 x 20 inches each
JoBp 108
Drawing Gallery:
7.
Sabia Arana vs. Perro Viejo/ Reasonable Spider vs. An Old Dog
1997
Conte crayon on vellum
33 x 24 inches
JoBd 148
8.
Confusion de Oso Hormiguero/ Cataclysm of the Ant Eater
2006
Ink, conte crayon on bang paper
47 1/4 x 94 1/4 inches
JoBd 149
9. Uteno Kasaye/ Angry Uteno
2006
Ink, conte crayon on smack paper
47 1/4 x 94 1/4 inches
JoBd 150
10. Initipi/ Teepee
1995
Acrylic highlight paper
38 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches
JoBd 76
11.
Revancha del Senor de los Peces/ Revenge of The Bravura of the Fish
1993
Lower on amate paper
47 3/16 x 94 1/4 inches
JoBd 38
Reception Desk:
Alas disposition me dan Mis Enemigos/ Hands My Enemies Give Me
2001
Acrylic, conte on canvas
59 x 57 3/4 inches
JoBp 96
Front Window:
Mato Inyan
1995
Acrylic on canvas
71 1/2 x 73 inches
JoBp 54
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