Ruperto Jay Matamoros Cuban, 1912-2008
Works
Biography
Ruperto Jay Matamoros
San Luis, Santiga de Cuba, 1912 - Havana, 2008
It may seem strange, even inappropriate, to include Ruperto Jay Matamoros in a show devoted to contemporary Afro-Cuban art. Perhaps the reason for such a decision is that Matamoros belongs to the Afro-Cuban world, since he was a black artist. However, is it possible to consider Matamoros a contemporary artist? Is this not a chronological or generational, as well as a stylistic transgression? Matamoros began to paint in 1937; he was active as an artist for 70 years and died in 2008 when he was 96 years old.
Exhibitions
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The Watch Hill at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Curated by Orlando Hernández 28 Jul - 22 Oct 2017Following successful exhibitions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2010 and the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, in 2014, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Watch Hill Foundation...Read more -
The Watch Hill Collection at Museum of Anthropology
Curated by: Nuno Porto and Orlando Hernández 2 May - 2 Nov 2014University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada MOA opens a window into the lives and struggles of Cubans of African descent in its new exhibition Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art. This...Read more -
The Watch Hill Collection at Johannesburg Art Gallery
Curated by Orlando Hernández 23 May 2010Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) The first exhibition of 'Without Masks: Contemporary Afrocuban Art' was at the prestigious Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in 2010. It coincided with South Africa's hosting of...Read more
Video
News
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Chris von Christierson’s Decade-Long Afro-Cuban Art Odyssey
By Nicholas Forrest for Blouin Art info September 12, 2017“Without Masks” at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Havana, Cuba is an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Without Masks: Contemporary...Read more -
NATIONAL PLASTIC ARTS AWARDS IN BIENNIAL
Granma - Diana Ferreiro May 29, 2015For the first time in a Havana Biennial, the works of the 22 National Plastic Arts Awards are brought together in a collective exhibition, which...Read more