Arte y Ritual | Tribal Art from Africa June 03 - September 12, 2011
"Arte y Ritual / Tribal Art from Africa" a compilation of masks from sub-Saharan Africa in a range of types, styles, sizes and materials. "Whether an African carving was religious or magic is really of little importance to an artistic appreciation of it. What is important, and this can be said of any work of art from any time or place, is the artistic quality of the work."--Ladislas Segy
Guillermo Portieles - "neochromatic" April 15 - May 13, 2011
Guillermo Portieles re-interprets his memories of existing places and familiar objects, thus making his work in a way an invigorating autobiographical account.
Rita Coll - Recent Works February 01 - March 31, 2011
Rita Coll works in series that concentrate in the different geographical sites where she has had personal living experiences. Thus her work is also in a way an invigorating autobiographical account.
Group Show January 01, 2011 - January 31, 2011
Group show:An exhibition featuring an exciting collection of acrylics,oils,collages,inks and watercolors.
Lezama & the "Origenes"Painters November 10,2010 - December 31, 2010
Jose Lezama's well established and internationally respected magazine "Origenes" (1944-1956),in 40 issues portrayed the most representative painters and writers of the Cuban Republican era. Amelia Peláez,Mariano Rodriguez,Rene Portocarrero ,Víctor Manuel Garcia ,Roberto Diago ,Luis Martinez-Pedro,Arístides Fernandez were among the painters to whom Lezama dedicated important essays.
Lydia Rubio - Identity Papers 1993-2010 September 17, 2010 - October 31,2010
For the past two decades,Lydia Rubio has been engaged in a secret mission: to decipher the universe through Beauty.
Summer Exhibition - Featuring artists from the gallery roster July 01 - July 30, 2010
Group show: An exhibition featuring an exciting collection of acrylics, oils, collages, inks and watercolors.
Humberto Castro - Draw-Wings:A Retrospective 1990-2010 April 13, 2010 - May 31, 2010
Humberto Castro belongs to the 1980's generation of Cuban artists. Born in Cuba in 1957,he has lived in exile in Paris (for ten years) and in Miami and New York since 1989.
Federico Brandt March 11, 2010 - April 12, 2010
Federico Brandt's paintings gather the best tradition of modernity: his idea of structure,his spirit of invention and variation,order conceived as rhythm and his ability to place in his works an internal luminosity,a field of light that strongly corresponds with his characters and forms.
Hernan Garcia February 01, 2010 - March 08,2010
Cremata Gallery was pleased to present the solo exhibition of Cuban painter Hernan Garcia. De Kooning said,"There is a moment in life when on takes a walk in his or her own landscapes and scenes",when one plays his or her own games without fear,with great honesty,with great certainty.
Abstractomicina November 30, 2009 - January 30, 2010
In this exhibit by Cuban artists,everything is possible! Painters that have never experimented with abstraction,do so now. We are presenting works by painters from the 50's,in conjunction with present day artists.
Diego de Souza - Recent Works | Luis Manuel Fernandez - Sculptures November 03 - November 29, 2009
A dialogue between the works of Diego de Souza and Luis Manuel Fernandez: one exhibition,two artists,one Argentine and one Cuban,two different ways of approaching art. Diego's paintings with his expressive use of color,light,transparency,and his free and imaginative strokes comes very close to pure abstraction. In contrast with Luis Manuel's sculptures: precise,figurative and full of symbolic realism.
"Cardo ni ortiga cultivo..." October 05 - November 02, 2009
"Cardo ni ortiga cultivo ... " the one-man show by Cuban artist Pepe Herrera presented at Cremata Gallery,is his "opera prima" in our city. He arrives preceded by his recent and very successful participation in two major exhibitions in Spain: "Entre rías…" reviewed extensively in El Nuevo Herald (July13th, 2009),inaugurated in the very center of Madrid's art triangle next to the Prado Museum,and "La isla expandida" showcased at Huelva's Museum of Art. Let this exhibition,full of mystery and subtlety,fill you with wonder as it explores an imaginary garden.
Argentine Visions September 15 - October 03, 2009
an exhibition featuring an exciting collection of acrylics,oils,collages,inks,and watercolors,from the fifties to today. From Italo-Argentinean Modernist masters Bruno Venier and Carlo Monzani,who has exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC,to contemporary artists living in Argentina,were showcased--17 artists with very different styles. Like U. S. art,Argentine art has a strong flavor of the melting pot that has lately been turning from European influences to its native resources. Many of the paintings and water colors in the show were inspired by the École de Paris,from staid academic works to surrealism.
Summer Exhibition July 01- August 10, 2009
Group exhibit which featured various artists that have been with the gallery since its inception,and others that have joined us recently.
The exhibition comprised 40 works including paintings,drawings and sculpture.
"Hacia París" May 22- June 30,2009
Group exhibit with more than 50 paintings and sculptures from Cuban artists that lived or currently live in France,especially in Paris.
Great Graphic Works II Various Artists - September 29 - October 18, 2008
Wifredo Lam, Amelia Pelaez, Portocarrero, Mariano, Cundo Bermudez, Gina Pellon, Gay Garcia, Andres Valerio,Baruj Salinas,Humberto Calzada, Jose Bedia, Pepe Herrera Geishas by Katiuska - September 9 - 29, 2008
In this,her most recent work,Katiuska intends to represent Geisha's fascinating and evocative image. "Geisha" literally translates as "art person" or "one trained in arts". A woman that deliberatively chooses to make art her life ...a life that becomes art. "I look at the character in Japanese society as a 'giver of beauty',a person of selfless dedication who walks in splendor."