Mariano: Variations on a Theme / Variaciones Sobre Un Tema - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1892850419 ISBN 13 : 9781892850416

Editeur : McMullen Museum of Art, 2020

Synopsis

This bilingual catalog accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Cuban modernist painter Mariano Rodríguez (1912-90). The artist, known simply as "Mariano," explored variations on central themes that reappeared and evolved throughout his lifetime, most famously his iconic "gallo" (rooster) paintings. The McMullen Museum's exhibition and catalog offer an expanded look into Mariano's six-decade career from interdisciplinary perspectives. Essays consider Mariano's formative association with Manuel Rodríguez Lozano and the Mexican School in the thirties and the symbiotic relationship that developed between Mariano and Cuban intellectuals to create a rich cultural history in the forties. The catalog discusses Mariano's shift from figuration to abstraction in the fifties and his return to figuration with startling grotesque imagery in the sixties. There is also a focus on Mariano's final period, which explores the individual and the collective, both compositionally and politically, in the seventies and eighties. Together, these essays illuminate both Mariano's rootedness in traditional forms of Cuban symbolism and his forging of a unique style that came to characterize his work beyond "lo cubano."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta teaches Hispanic studies and Latin American and Peninsular art, culture, and literature at Boston College. At the McMullen Museum she has curated exhibitions on Wifredo Lam, Esteban Lisa, Roberto Matta, Mariano Rodríguez, Rafael Soriano, and the Cuenca abstractionists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McMullen Museum of Art
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1892850419
• ISBN 13: 9781892850416
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Éditeur: Thompson Goizueta Elizabeth
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