Grupo Antillano
Grupo Antillano, a Cuban artistic group was formed by 16 artists, between 1975 and 1985, in Havana, Cuba.
Members of the group
- Rafael Queneditt Morales (Director). Sculpture and engraving
- Esteban Guillermo Ayala Ferrer (Born: Havana, September 2, 1929 Died: Havana; July 15, 1995) Graphic and environmental design.
- Osvaldo Castilla Romero Sculpture and gold and silver work.
- Manuel Couceiro Prado (Born: Havana, July 29, 1923 Died: Havana; November 8, 1981) Painting.
- Herminio Escalona González Sculpture.
- Ever Fonseca Cerviño Painting and Engraving.
- Ramón Haiti Eduardo Painting and Sculpture.
- Angel Laborde Wilson Painting, drawing, ceramics, humor.
- Manuel Mendive Hoyo Painting, drawing and performance.
- Lionel Morales Pérez Painting and textile design.
- Claudina Clara Morera Cabrera Painting.
- Miguel de Jesús Ocejo López Painting and Drawing.
- Marcos Rogelio Rodríguez Cobas Sculpture, drawing, ceramics and painting.
- Arnaldo Tomás Rodríguez Larringa Painting and Drawing.
- Oscar Rodríguez Lasseria Ceramics, sculpture, drawing.
- Pablo Daniel Toscano Mora (Born: Caibarién, Las Villas, November 18, 1940 Died: Havana; August 14, 2003) Painting, Drawing, Cartoons, Graphic design.
Exhibitions
- 1978 - "Expo-Venta del Grupo Antillano" in Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba;
- 1978 - Headquarters of Conjunto Folclórico Nacional, Havana, Cuba
- 1978 - VI Festival Internacional de Ballet, Havana, Cuba
- 1978 - Temporada de Danza Nacional de Cuba, Havana
- 1979 - "Exposición Homenaje a Fernando Ortíz in Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba with guests artists like Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Manuel Mendive, Anselmo Febles Bermúdez, Roberto Diago, and Armando Posse
- 1982 - "II Festival de la Cultura de Origen Caribeño", Salón de Exposiciones UNEAC, Biblioteca "Elvira Cape", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- 1980 - "Antilska Skupina/Grupo Antillano" in the House of Cuban Culture, Prague, Czech Republic
- 1980 - Gallery of the Cultural Committee, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1981 - Carifesta’81 in International Gallery, Community College, Bridgetown, Barbados
- 1981 - "América negra" in Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2013 - "Drapetomania: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano" in Galería Arte Universal, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- 2013 - "Drapetomania: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano" in Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
Collections
Their works are part of the permanent collections of the Casa del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba.
References
- de la Fuente, Alejandro (2013). Grupo Antillano: The Art of Afro-Cuba. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0822962557.
- Fernandes, Sujatha (2006). Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures. Duke University Press.
- Bettelheim, Judith (2005). AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968-2003. San Francisco State University Gallery. ISBN 978-0-295-98476-6.
- Veigas-Zamora, Jose; Cristina Vives Gutierrez; Adolfo V. Nodal; Valia Garzon; Dannys Montes de Oca (2001). Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California/International Arts Foundation. ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4.
- Viegas, Jose (2004). Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx (in Spanish). California International Arts. ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1.