MoFA Celebrates Cuban Art, Culture, and History with Major Exhibition
February 12 – March 27, 2016
The Museum of Fine Arts takes great pride in hosting a major exhibition of works by Cuban artists selected by Guest Curator Segundo Fernandez. Proceeding from works of historical artists to significant artists of today, the exhibition provides a unique cultural experience celebrating Cuban landscape, history, mythos and a rich and varied aesthetic that is as individual as each artist. Over one hundred works from Private Collections in Florida have been organized and assembled through the generosity of Director Ramon Cernuda and his staff at Cernuda Arte for exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts.
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- Leopoldo Romañach, Muchacha (Young Lady), c. 1930, oil on canvas, 25½ x18½ inches. Private Collection, Miami, Florida. Image courtesy of Cernuda Arte.
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- Domingo Ramos, Paisaje con Río y Palmeras (Landscape with River and Palm Trees), 1950, oil on canvas laid down on wood, 35½ x 47¼ inches. Private Collection, Miami, Florida. Image courtesy of Cernuda Arte.
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- Eduardo Morales, Palmar Soleado (Sunny Palm Grove), 1913, oil on wood, 9 x 6¾ inches. Private Collection. Image courtesy of Cernuda Arte.
Public events
February 22, 2016 – 7-8pm
Juan Martínez, Professor Emeritus of Florida International University, will lecture on the era of Modern Cuban Art.
Location: Fine Arts Building in Lecture Hall (FAB) 249
All exhibitions & receptions are free & open to the public.
February 23, 2016 – 3-5pm
Colloquium addressing the global contexts of Cuban art through the intersections of law, cultural patrimony, the international art trade, and collecting, with a focus on US-Cuban relations in the 20th century. Panelists will include Dr. Michael Carrasco and Dr. Preston McLane of the FSU Department of Art History, Prof. Fernando Tesón of the FSU College of Law, and leading expert on Cuban art Ramón Cernuda, Director and CEO of Cernuda Arte in Coral Gables, Florida.
Location: Museum of Fine Arts
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- R.C. Bears, Vianas (Staples), 1979, oil on canvas, 14½ x 12 inches. Private Collection
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- Víctor Manuel García, Gitana (Girl), c. 1940, oil on canvas, 10¾ x 6¾ inches. Private Collection. Photo credit: Jon Nalon.
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- Armando Menocal, Cuca Parando una Codorniz (Cuca Retrieving a Quail), 1915, oil on canvas, 35¼ x 48 inches. Private Collection, Miami, Florida. Image courtesy of Cernuda Arte
Interpretive offerings for visiting audiences and K-12 school involvement
An education packet for distribution to Leon County and neighboring area art teachers includes information about artists in the exhibition, history and cultural background of Cuban art, and lesson plans that can be used in the classroom. Educators will be invited to use the education packet, visit the museum for a tour, or schedule an outreach visit. This information will be distributed to Leon County public and private school art teachers as well as other arts agencies and organizations and homeschool groups. The packet is available here on MoFA’s website.
Publication
The catalogue of exhibition contains essays by Juan Martinez, Professor Emeritus, Florida International University, Paul Niell, Professor of Art History at Florida State University, and Segundo J. Fernandez, Curator, Doctoral Candidate and Attorney at Law. It is available from the Museum of Fine Arts during the exhibition. Contents will be archived on the Google Cultural Institutions site, a global collection of museums, in April, following the exhibition.
Sponsorship
MoFA exhibitions are projects sponsored in part through COCA’s Cultural Grant Program funded by the City of Tallahassee and Leon County. Cuban Art in the Twentieth Century has been awarded a Florida State University Arts & Humanities Grant from the Council on Research & Creativity. The Museum is a University Partner in the 2016 Opening Nights Festival.