Grupo Antillano Explained

Grupo Antillano was a Cuban artistic group was formed by 16 artists, between 1975 and 1985, in Havana, Cuba.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Members of the group

• Rafael Queneditt Morales (Director). Sculpture and engraving^[5]
• Esteban Guillermo Ayala Ferrer (1929–1995). Graphic and environmental design.
• Osvaldo Castilla Romero Sculpture, gold and silver work.
• Manuel Couceiro Prado (1923–1981). Painting.
• Herminio Escalona González. Sculpture.
• Ever Fonseca Cerviño. Painting and engraving.
• Ramón Haiti Eduardo. Painting and sculpture.
• Angel Laborde Wilson. Painting, drawing, ceramics, humor.
• Manuel Mendive Hoyo. Painting, drawing and performance.
• Lionel Morales Pérez. Painting and textile design.
• Claudina Clara Morera Cabrera. Painting.
• Miguel de Jesús Ocejo López. Painting and drawing.
• Marcos Rogelio Rodríguez Cobas. Sculpture, drawing, ceramics and painting.^[6]
• Arnaldo Tomás Rodríguez Larrinaga. Painting and drawing.
• Oscar Rodríguez Lasseria. Ceramics, sculpture, drawing.
• Pablo Daniel Toscano Mora (born Caibarién, Las Villas, 18 November 1940; died Havana; 14 August 2003). Painting, drawing, cartoons, graphic design.

Exhibitions

• 1968 – AFROCUBA: Works on Paper, 1968–2003^[7]
• 1978 – Expo-Venta del Grupo Antillano in Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba;
• 1978 – Headquarters of Conjunto Folclórico Nacional, Havana, Cuba
• 1978 – VI Festival Internacional de Ballet, Havana, Cuba
• 1978 – Temporada de Danza Nacional de Cuba, Havana
• 1979 – Exposición Homenaje a Fernando Ortíz in Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba, with guests artists such as Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Manuel Mendive, Anselmo Febles Bermúdez, Roberto Diago, and Armando Posse
• 1982 – II Festival de la Cultura de Origen Caribeño, Salón de Exposiciones UNEAC, Biblioteca "Elvira Cape", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
• 1980 – Antilska Skupina/Grupo Antillano in the House of Cuban Culture,^[8] Prague, Czech Republic
• 1980 – Gallery of the Cultural Committee, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1981 – Carifesta’81 in International Gallery, Community College, Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1981 – América negra in Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2013 – Drapetomania: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano^[9] in Galería Arte Universal, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba^[9]
• 2013 – Drapetomania: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano^[9] in Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba

Collections

Their works are part of the permanent collections of the Casa del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba.

Notes and References

1. Book: Fernandes , Sujatha . Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures . Duke University Press . 2006.
2. Book: Bettelheim , Judith . AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968–2003 . San Francisco State University Gallery . 2005 . 978-0-295-98476-6 .
3. Book: Veigas-Zamora . Jose . Cristina Vives . Gutierrez . Adolfo V. . Nodal . Valia . Garzon . Dannys Montes . de Oca . Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century . California/International Arts Foundation . 2001 . 978-0-917571-11-4 .
4. Book: Viegas , Jose . Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx . California International Arts . 2004 . 978-0-917571-12-1 . es.
5. Web site: Rafael Queneditt Morales: Sculptor of Our Ancestors. cubanartnews.org. 28 April 2016.
6. Web site: Tribute to a Sculptor: Alejandro de la Fuente on Marcos Rogelio Rodríguez Cobas. Cuban Art News. 2 January 2015. 10 August 2016.
7. Web site: AFROCUBA: Works on Paper, 1968 – 2003. Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions. 28 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428144219/http://www.curatorial.org/afrocuba/. 28 April 2016. dead.
8. de la Fuente, Alejandro (2013). Grupo Antillano: The Art of Afro-Cuba. University of Pittsburgh Press.
9. Web site: Grupo Antillano — Proyecto Drapetomania. queloides-exhibit.com. 28 April 2016.