Agustín Cárdenas

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Untitled (1961), sculpture by Auguste Cardenas in the area above the Roman quarry in Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl.

Agustín Cárdenas Alfonso (April 10, 1927,

Brâncuși, Henry Moore, and Jean Arp.[1][2] Poet André Breton said of his artistic hand that it was "efficient as a dragonfly."[3]

Biography

Cárdenas was a descendant of slaves from

Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana.[2] He was member of Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC) from 1951 to 1955, and of the creative group Los Once from 1953 to 1955. Cárdenas' work was exhibited several times in 1952 "Pintura Ávila Escultura Cárdenas" at Palacio de los Trabajadores in Havana, and in 1955 he exhibited a selection of his pieces in "Agustín Cárdenas: 20 esculturas" at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
.

He settled in

totems.[2]

In 1987, his work was in the Corea Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. In 1993, his work was exhibited in "Agustín Cárdenas" in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana and in 2002, Cárdenas's work was presented in "Desires and Grace" at the Haim Chanin Fine Arts Gallery in New York City.

Cárdenas also took part in many group exhibitions such as the IV Exposición Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado at the

Hotel Habana Libre
in Havana in 2000.

Cárdenas has been awarded with several distinctions during his life, including Segundo Premio VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, by the Cuban government (1953) and the Silver Medal XXXVII, Salón de Bellas Artes, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana (1955). In 1976, he was awarded with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and the Fujisankey Biennal Prize at the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Fujisankey, Japan. Also in 1995 he received Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas by the Cuban Ministry of Culture.

His works can be found in many permanent collections around the world, including the

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain and Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air in Paris; the Musée d’Art et d’Industrie at Saint-Étienne, France; the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan; the Musée d’Art Contemporain, Argel, Algeria; Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela, Kendall Art Center, Miami, Florida, and in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
in Havana, Cuba.

References

  1. St. Petersburg Times
    . Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ a b c Ricardo Pau-Llosa (2008). "Cárdenas, Agustín". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ a b "Exponen por primera vez en Nueva York la obra del cubano Cardenas". terra.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-02-03.

Further reading

  • El Nuevo Herald, TRES ARTISTAS, TRES MEDIOS; May 7, 2000 (in Spanish)
  • El Nuevo Herald, DECESO; February 12, 2001 (in Spanish)
  • El Nuevo Herald, UN ARTE CUBANO DE FRANCIA; February 27, 1985 (in Spanish)
  • El Nuevo Herald, VENTAS MILLONARIAS EN SUBASTA; January 27, 2002 (in Spanish)

External links

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