Exhibition Dates: January 9 – February 20, 2010
Location: 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 9, 6 – 8 pm
Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Contact Info: 504.522.1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com

The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present “Exile 50,” an exhibition of paintings, drawings and assemblages by Luis Cruz Azaceta. The exhibition will be on view at the Arthur Roger Gallery at 432 Julia Street from January 9th – February 20th, 2010. “Swimming to Havana”, a major exhibition of Azaceta’s paintings will be exhibited concurrently at the New Orleans Museum of Art through March 28, 2010. The gallery will host an opening reception to meet the artist on Saturday, January 9th, from 6 to 8 pm.

Industrial Complex, 2009

Luis Cruz Azaceta’s “Exile 50” is part of Si Cuba! a citywide celebration of Cuban art, music, and culture taking place in several New Orleans museums and galleries from January to April 2010. “Exile 50” presents aspects of contemporary exile, particularly isolation and encapsulation. Azaceta executes this body of work in his signature dichotomy of brightly colored abstraction and figuration. He addresses the issues of those who long to flee Cuba and those who have immigrated to the United States and who dream of returning to their homeland.

Azaceta left Cuba as a teenager in 1960 and has been exiled from Cuba for fifty years. The title of this exhibition relates to the time that Azaceta has been exiled from Cuba. His artistic work has frequently touched upon the experience of the Cuban Diaspora.

After immigrating to the United States, Azaceta lived in New York and studied at the School of Visual Arts. He relocated to New Orleans in 1992. He has been awarded grants from The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The National Endowment of the Arts, and The New York Foundation for the Arts. His work is in the permanent collection of The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Miami Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Museum of Modern Art and The Whitney Museum of Art in New York

For additional information please contact the Arthur Roger Gallery at 504.522.1999 or visit our Web site www.arthurrogergallery.com.