José
Fuster: Ceramics, Monotypes, Watercolors, Oils
About the artist
José Rodríguez Fuster (Fuster) was
born in Villa Clara in 1946. He paints, engraves and sketches and is also one of Cuba's
most original ceramists. He began his artistic career in 1961 at the age of 14, when he
went to the Sierra Maestra to teach in the Literacy Campaign. He
studied at the Art Instructors School from 1963 to 1965. He then started working as a
ceramist at the Cubanacán Ceramics Workshop in Havana in 1966. He has participated in
contests, exhibits, and art symposia in Cuba and around the world.
He has a studio in Jaimanitas, just
outside of Havana, that he shares with his grown son, Alex, a doctor. In honor of his 50th
birthday in August, 1996, the National Fine Arts Museum opened a major exhibit of his
ceramics, tiles, drawings and paintings in the Castillo de la Fuerza museum in Havana.
About the exhibit
The exhibit consists of 50 works
selected from the 80 listed below, which were shown first at the Metropolitan Arts Center
in New York City in November-December 1997. All of the works on paper and canvas come
framed or stretched.
Rental of the exhibit for one month
costs $4,000, which includes round-trip shipping from New York City and insurance while en
route. Insurance for the time of the exhibit must be borne by the renting institution.
For further information, including
biographical and critical material on the artist, contact the Cuban Art Space,
212-242-0559.
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