CUBA in the OC Register
saltfineart in Laguna Beach is featuring works by 11 artists in a show called “Cuba!.”
A free opening reception takes place Thursday, Jan. 5, followed by a second artists’ reception on Feb. 2, both from 6-9 p.m. The exhibit runs through Feb. 29.
“Take 11 million people, surround them by water, and put a madman in charge for the next 48 years,” the gallery says. “The result? ‘CUBA!’ – a surrealist land of extreme contradictions.”
Three artists are expected to attend the opening reception: Ernesto Javier Fernandez, William Perez, and Marlys Fuegos.
The gallery also will display works by Abel Barroso, Aimee Garcia, Angel Ricardo Ríos, Alejandro Campins, J. Roberto Diago, Elizabeth Cerviño, Esterio Segura, and Lopez Pardo.
“Not all the art is political, and yet all of it has been touched by the every day realities of Cuba,” the gallery said. “Exhibited the world over for their unique voice and yet unable to speak freely, these artists live a complex irony.”
The artists represent a range of experience, from emerging to iconic.
“Among the artists featured are Abel Barroso, with his playful wooden sculptures that provoke thoughts on borders and migrations,” the gallery said, “Esterio Segura who uses humor and sexual kitsch to reveal truths of the regime, Ernesto Javier Fernandez who juxtaposes sober black and white photography with bright questioning neon and William Perez whose resin and acrylic worlds reveal an amazing draftsmen and philosopher.”