Fragmented Gazes: City Dialogue / Wifredo Lam Gallery

We all feel the city in a different way, but in this exhibition that I bring you to this space, it is about 12 views through painting, drawing and photography.

I went to this collective exhibition when there were only a few hours left before the works were to be dismantled. I suppose the Wifredo Lam Gallery in Marianao already has a plan for this month.

The caretakers were chatting very animatedly and welcomed me with a smile. I was the only person there, asking a lot of questions, as I usually do, and photographing the works.

So, get ready to take this tour with me. I will dare to give you my impressions of the exhibited works and I would like you to share your thoughts with me in the comments section.

Luis Bruzón recreates an everyday scene on Havana's Malecón through a manipulated photograph. The work is entitled Actitudes Humanas (Human Attitudes) and belongs to a series that the author called ‘Habana 500 años después’ (Havana 500 years later).

In my opinion, we can also be happy and innocent at the edges. This is what this work conveys to me.

This is a work by Alina Sardiñas and I really loved the texture she achieved with the water. Sometimes when the Malecón overflows there is flooding in some parts of Havana and I think her intention is to look at the city from the bodies of water. This image is part of a series of photographs entitled ‘Ojo de Agua’ (Eye of Water).

Oil on canvas. I don't know what I was thinking... 😄 I think this is Yuniel D'Casal's work. You can't see the foot in the photo, I took the picture so badly... but... but, do you see a corridor like me? and doors? The colour combination is really interesting and I think the author wants to deliver a message of hope. And I also see sea. Maybe it's a painting within the painting. What do you see?

This mixed-media work has integrated circuits inside and is very much in keeping with the idea that its author, Carlos Acosta, wants to convey. It is a series entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence’.

It alludes to the Morro lighthouse, which means light and guide. Maybe it is some kind of criticism of the direction society is taking, because I see a certain chaos around it.

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How about a cup of coffee? Are you enjoying this Exhibition?

This work is made with charcoal on paper. It is a drawing and belongs to Víctor Cisneros. Its title is self-portrait and you will have to forgive me for the cut but the lights reflected a lot on the glass and I made magic. But that's the whole drawing, I only cut out the diaphragm and the frame.

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(I'm in a moment of introspection right now)

‘Red cord’

Another month, another day

Here I am, dwelling in
the waiting, the synopsis
of a whirlwind
full of emotions...

The fear of his/her absence
would become a constant
unconscious in my being...

These strokes made my heart a little heavy. We are all connected but there are cords that are very strong and divine.

Untitled, mixed media and its author is Michel Torres Lobo.

This was an impossible mission (because the reflections), but here it is for you anyway... and here, the Capitol of Havana is represented. I also see columns. This work gives me a sense of loss, escape, and dramatic falls.

The Capitol was one of the important buildings that the Office of the Historian has been restoring for many years. We owe this one in particular to the tireless efforts of the historian Eusebio Leal Spengler, who has passed away, but had the satisfaction of seeing this work completed.

I was delighted to find works here by a Hiver: Denis Delgado Alemán (@denisda). His technique is oil on canvas and he builds his works from stains of colour, taking as reference a place and a street in Havana. My favourite is the second one and is entitled: ‘Obrapía. Study of Light and Colour’.

The next proposal comes from Arturo Wong Longchong. The artist uses recycled materials to create his work based on lines and acrylic colours. Could it be the map of the city and its street layout? Perhaps.

This is another work by the artist who opens this post. Bruzon titled this one ‘The Fisherman’.

I managed to take this photo of the following work despite the reflections from the windows...

... but then I realised that if I stood right in front of it, I could alter the creation myself. Crazy things that occur to me. Maybe it's all about feeling and looking at the city, right? The same thing happened to me with the Expo poster on the glass of the Gallery, remember? (see it in this post)

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This is the work of Jormay González Mandury. Technique: Digital Photography, and is entitled ‘Doll's House’.

He achieved an interesting effect with the manipulation of image elements and perspective, giving us a surreal concept of the city.

‘La oscuridad donde habito’ (The darkness where I live) by Aramís Cué del Cristo is a representation in mixed technique of a place in the form of a garden, perhaps. Black flowers all around and a single white rose. My photo does not do it justice.

I didn't manage to capture the details of the white rose, which it has. All the roses come out in relief from the work which is large in size.

This is the latest work of the exhibition and is the creation of Kevin Suñé García and its titles are: Interpretación I and Interpretación II. It is made with charcoal and chalk on paper.

The words of this collective exhibition, as well as the curatorship was in charge of Abenamar Bauta, who is an illustrator, draftsman and painter.

In the catalogue of works, he refers to it as a multidimensional narrative, which also highlights the commitment to inclusion and diversity, bringing together creators from different backgrounds.

I hope you enjoyed this walk. I had a wonderful time. I took the opportunity to take some photos on the way out of the Gallery and I was even invited to participate tomorrow in the exhibition that these creative women will be holding on 124th Avenue. They belong to a project of the Casa de la Cultura de Marianao to bring together all those interested in expressing their art and crafts in different techniques.

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