Roger Aguilar Labrada
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Roger Sebastián Aguilar Labrada | |
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| Born | December 22, 1947 Pilon, Granma, Cuba |
Roger Sebastián Aguilar Labrada (born 1947 in Pilón, Granma, Cuba) is a Cuban artist specializing in graphic design, painting, drawing and engraving.
Aguilar studied in 1965 at the Escuela Nacional para Instructores de Artes Plásticas in Havana and the following year he became part of the seminary the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG) in Havana, Cuba. Between 1977 and 1981, Aguilar was director of this institution and the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).
Individual exhibitions
[edit | edit source]Aguilar's personal exhibitions included these:
- 1980 – Calcografías de Roger Aguilar at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana;
- 1989 – El Paraíso Perdido (The Lost Paradise) at the Museo de Arte Colonial in Old Havana;
- 1994 – Pinturas de Roger Aguilar Labrada at the Galería La Acacia in Havana, Cuba.
Collective exhibitions
[edit | edit source]He also formed part of many collective exhibitions:
- 1968 – "Exposición de La Havana’68" at the Galería Latinoamericana in the Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba;
- 1970 – "IX Premi Internacional Dibuix Joan Miró", Collegi d’Arquitectes (College of Architects), Barcelona, Spain
- 1971 – "Cubaanse Affiches" at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1984 – "1a. Bienal de La Habana", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
- 1997 at "Encuentro de Grabado’97", at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales(CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
Awards
[edit | edit source]Aguilar has received many awards and recognitions:
- 1975 – Prize in Lithography in Salón Nacional de Grabados, Galería Amelia Peláez, Havana.
- 1984 – Honorable Mention, Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.
- 1985 – Honorable Mention, Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.
Collections
[edit | edit source]His works can be found in the permanent collections of:
- Wolfang Schneider Contemporary Graphic Collection, in Germany;
- Collection of Engravings, at the Gallery of New Masters, in Dresden, Germany;
- Museo Matta in Milan, Italy;
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
- Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG) in Havana, Cuba.
References
[edit | edit source]- Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (in Spanish)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Casa Distalia webpage on the artist (in Spanish)
- Le Petit Bulletin Lyon website news release (French)
- PortaLatino webpage on the artist(in Spanish)
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