Post-it Cuban Contemporary Art: Twenty-five is a multiple of five

By Jorge Fernández

Framed in the celebrations for the forty years of creation of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets, the exhibition with the twenty-five finalist works of the fifth edition of the Post-it Contemporary Cuban Art contest was open at Galiano Gallery, with a large audience attendance. The celebration was arranged by the Ministry of Culture, the National Center of Plastic Arts Collage Habana of the( FCBC in Spanish)and the Artist 718 gallery. 

The jury of the event -composed by Lesbia Vent Dumois, Nahela Hechevarría, José Ángel Vincench, Octavio Irving, Sandra García Herrera, Elisa M. López and Miriam Pérez Casanellas- the next few days will be in charge of determine which of the gathered artists in this exhibition will reach the three prizes in dispute, who will have the opportunity of a personal exhibition in one of the( FCBC in Spanish) galleries, including the promotional support required. The first two places will also obtain, by concept of works production, 3000 and 1500 CUC respectively. 

Among the participating artists and works are Osmel Herera (Anathema, acrylic, carborundum, canvas), Chuli Herrera (#Puberted, oil on canvas), Leonardo Luis Roque (June 30, 1962, from the series Political painting, oil on canvas ), Yasiel Álvarez Borges (Contents, oil on canvas), Yohandrys Yohy Suárez (El arrase, mixed on canvas), Daimely Lorenzo (Atelier No. 1, wood, passe-partout, glass, mirror, cardboard), Ranfis Suárez (Aclaraciones, print laser on canvas), Danco R. Duportai (Tartamundeando, oil on staples), Alfredo Sarabia (Image in process, digital photography, inkjet process, archival pigment ink, canceled print and cast concrete frame), Dayana Trigo (Between an uninhabited area and another one, ink and crayon on cardboard, glass, nylon thread, staples, individual drawings), Flavia Fuentes Delgado (Uvi, art-book), Yoxi Velázquez (Too much spring, resin, electrical system, water pump) and Jorge Dáger (Remade, vegetal coal, compressed carbon on canvas). 

Are also competing Osmara Alberteris (Twins I, II, from the series The Banquet, digital photography printed on canvas), Carlos R. Aguilar (The best memories always come at the end of the day, from the Telos series, photography, digital printing on canvas) , Marcel Molina (The power of the horizon, xylography on cardboard), Ramsés Ramírez George (Untitled, of the series Gray Days, xylography, pen, MDF), Evelyn Aguilar (Pilgrimage, ink on paper), Sheila Díaz Garcés (A small allegory, wood, plaster, fluorescent lamp, acrylic paint), Alberto A. Rodríguez (Descriptive report, plans and documents used for the construction of the company Iproyas, variable dimensions), Frank David Valdés (The last romantic, oil on canvas), Jassiel Valenzuela (Clear Water, Life 2, Truths, from the series Vertical Horizons, Acrylic on Canvas) and Mariannys Montes de Oca (Men from Havana, enamel on canvas). 

Arturo Valdés Curbeira, president of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets, in exclusive for Arte por Excelencias, highlighted the importance of the exhibition: "We are very pleased with this selection of twenty-five works made by the jury presided by Lesbia. Since last year we made the decision to do the event every year, as a way to consolidate this space for promoting young artists under thirty-five years old, so that we can provide more support in the commercialization of their works. It is the opinion of many that in this edition the quality has been superior, as well as the response from the plastic artists. The Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets will continue to defend the promotion and commercialization of Cuban artists, not just those from plastic arts, so that there will be a real and effective support, as an expression of the cultural policy of the Revolution. "