This lecture is centred around the influences of Spanish colonialism on Cuban art and how its newly found independence led to the start of Cuban modernism. This lecture will consider a number of artists that formed part of the Cuban Vanguarde, amongst them will be Carlos Enriquez Gomez, Amelia Pelaez, Eduardo Abela, Mario Carrero and Fidelio Ponce de Leon. The lecture will look at the way in which these artists were influenced by European modernism and the Mexican muralist movement. We will consider what Latin American modernism looked like and how mestizo and Afro-Cuban cultural traces can be seen in Cuban modernism.

This is the first talk of Cuban Art series (5 classes in total) which is designed as an exciting journey through the history of art of the region. We encourage you to take the advantage of the whole package and book ‘Cuban Art Course’ ticket at a discount rate.

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