Unit24 Gallery

Jose Bedia

Bio

Jose Bedia (b.1959, Havana, Cuba) attended the School of Art of San Alejandro and the Superior Institute of Art, both in Havana. He was part of the ground breaking group Volumen I, which shook the foundations of Contemporary Cuban art and was very influential on following generations of Cuban artists. Bedia is one of the most important contemporary Cuban artists, and his work has been part of countless important group shows in prestigious institutions worldwide. His work can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Contemporary Art Museum, San Diego, California; Perez Art Museum Miami, Florida; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico; Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, and Pori Art Museum, Finland.

Statement

De esos años es conocido un dibujo que, de algún modo me define: un retrato académico de un amerindio de las tribus primigenias del actual Estados Unidos, en el cual se aprecia que el protagonista, la figura del indio a caballo dispara un fusil hacia atrás, es decir la figura da la espalda al espectador (nosotros). Cuando el profesor de dibujo me preguntó por qué dibujé así al indio, le respondí: “Porque yo estoy de su parte, el enemigo es el otro, por eso puede darme la espalda confiadamente”. 

Jose Bedia
Título de la obra: Montes Jimaguas
Técnica y soporte: acrílico sobre tela / acrylic on canvas
Año de la obra: 1994
Emergente
Medidas: 61 x 121 cm - 24 x 47.6 in
Precio: US$ 25,000.00
Wall reference
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in

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Montes Jimaguas

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