The José Martí memorial hosts the exhibition Arte con arte, made up of pieces from the Luciano Méndez Cuban contemporary art collection. Méndez, born in Salamanca, Spain, has one of the most varied and interesting collections of Cuban art in the hands of private collectors. And thanks to his fluid links with Cuban cultural institutions, he has more than once exhibited these pieces in galleries in the country.
If the list of the catalog is reviewed, essential names of the visual arts in Cuba will be discovered, artists who have marked milestones and who continue to work here and now. More than one National Prize for Plastic Arts exhibits in this exhibition. And several creators of more recent promotions are added: the art made by young people, which is setting the course.
On this occasion Méndez exhibits, fundamentally, medium or small format pieces. That could perhaps be the backbone of the expo. Because conceptually, generically and thematically, many paths converge here. The sample could be assumed as a panorama of the richness of the visual production of the last decades.
The unique museography draws attention, which recreates intimate spaces to enjoy art. Together with the works, books and other objects, as if to promote the pairing between related fields.
Cuban institutions are interested in promoting art collecting, since this activity always implies a stimulus for creation, and can be a starting point for interesting visions of an artistic body. Is the case…
