About “Wild Things in Cuban Art”
Originally conceived as an exhibit of “El gallo” (the rooster) in
contemporary Cuban art, this exhibit of more than 40 Cuban artists
gradually morphed into a broader concept. The original notion of the
rooster came from the omnipresence of this barnyard animal in Cuban
painting, and while one could say that all the roosters were simply
imitative of the roosters done by the great Cuban painter Mariano, we
think the real question is why the rooster? because it seemed a constant,
in both the work of self-taught artists and even in the work of
cutting
edge trained artists. Why the “gallo”? What is it about the rooster that
seems to so entrance the Cuban artist? —
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