Esculturas gerardo fernandez biography
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bio
Born in Havana, Cuba. Lives and works in NY, USA
Education
MFA University of Miami, FL (1998)
MA Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba (1989)
BA San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts Havana, Cuba (1981)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Huellas, Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2010
Crack & Waste, Urban Views, Praxis International Art, Miami, FL
2009
Birth & Accumulations, Chashama Art Gallery, NY, NY
Lines & Concavities, RL Art Projects, NY, NY
2008/09
Intersections, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL
2006
Personal Landscapes, Magnan Emrich Contemporary, NY, NY
2002
Works in Captivity, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2001
Inside and Out: Contemporary Sculpture, Video & Installations, Bass Museum of Art, Miami
2000
Vacío, Fernando Serrano Gallery, Moguer, Spain
Paradise O, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1998/99
The Sound of the Forest, Jacobo Borges Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
The Sound of the Forest, Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama, Panama
The Sound of the Forest, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami,FL
Florencio Gelabert Beyond Violence, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Seasons, Intar Gallery, NY
1996
Breaking Ground, Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
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Art of Francisco Narváez in the University City of Caracas
Art in Venezuela
Francisco Narváez was commissioned to create pieces for the University City of Caracas campus in 1949, initially working between 1950 and 1953, with other pieces (to a total of twelve) added later.[a] The artworks include stone and metal statues, busts, reliefs, and various material of murals. Three of the statues are made of Cumarebo stone: El Atleta, a large statue in the sports complex, and La educación and La ciencia in the medical complex. The Cumarebo stone is a favourite material of Narváez. Two sculptures of the esteemed doctor José Gregorio Hernández and President José María Vargas grace the campus grounds.
Three of the murals are also in the medical complex, and were the first artworks to be installed on the campus; their imagery combines science and religion. Eleven of the works are considered part of the campus living museum; the other, a wooden bust called Torso, was created in 1956 and is currently displayed in the dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning (FAU)'s office.[a] Narváez works in various materials, with an artistic style based in his own Venezuelan identity as well as influenced by European modes and classical sculptures from an
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Bench of Fidel Castro take Che Guevara
Sculpture by Óscar Ponzanelli
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Background champion history
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