Ceramic Artists In Cuba

Origins of the cuban contemporary ceramics.

Ceramic artists in cuba. The emergence of the cuban contemporary ceramics can be established in the decade of the 40s of the twentieth century when two doctors called ramirez corria and rodriguez de la cruz acquired an old workshop of utilitarian objects in santiago de las vegas which allocated to the artistic production of this type of art. Today many of the contemporary cuban artists can be found rostered by some of the world s. The service was remarkable and you can hear stories about the pottery or artists or artwork or even take a tour. Fusterlandia in havana cuba is a veritable fantasy world.

The visual arts have long been one of the strongest parts of cuba s amazing cultural output but it is its contemporary art that became praised internationally as extremely powerful especially after the emergence of cuba s strong generation of young creatives on latin american art scene in the 1980s. Fernando velázquez vigil ceramic artist and painter born havana 1950 died havana 2002 luis vega de castro painter and illustrator born havana 1944 josé manuel villa castillo artist born las villas 1939. If you love arts culture dancing music or nightlife of any sort you do not want to go to havana without stopping here. Part art gallery street art photography paintings sculpture print mixed media it s all here part concert venue part dance club all fun.

Colleen bought an amazing rooster in a detail we ve never seen. Created by sculptor and artist jose fuster he has transformed the whole neighbourhood of jaimanitas into a dreamy living work of art using his offbeat and weird ceramic sculptures. Fabrica de arts cubana is amazing. We visited in early february and got.