José Aguilera Vicente (1933-2013)

Colle Marina Baja

Woodblock 

Signed to lower right

Visible 21 3/4 in. x 15 1/8 in., matted and framed to 29 3/8 in. x 22 1/8 in.

A block print featuring the image of two men and women with their arms firmly clasped together, standing in front of a throng of people and raising flags. Above them extends an exaggeratedly sized arm, wielding a machete with the word “Revolucion” bannered across its blade. Behind both the arm and figures is a banner, held by the ambiguous mass of people, which reads “Venceremos.” The print is incredibly detailed, with long lines streaming down from the upper right corner, mimicking beams of sunlight. 

Jose Aguilera Vicente (1933-2013), a Cuban painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, is best known as a leading figure in the Galería group. This group, existing primarily in the 1950s, worked to revolutionize the arts in Santiago. Through his various media, which most commonly featured themes of social traditions of the city and exquisite landscapes, Vicente’s art captured the attention of both within his community and outside of it. Throughout his career, he would go on to found the Plastic Arts Collective of the former Oriente and the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, as well as serve as a professor at the Higher Institute of Education of Santiago de Cuba and the José Joaquín Tejada School.

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[Art, Cuban Art, Latinx Art, Latino Art, Latin-American Art, Caribbean Art]