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.
Galleries
Exhiled 50
2009
acrylic, charcoal, cotton, pencil, shellac on canvas
60 x 144 inches
Industrial Complex
2009
acrylic, charcoal, pencil, shellac on canvas
68 x 94 inches
Swimming to Havana II
2009
acrylic, charcoal, oil stick, shellac on canvas
70 x 82 inches
Luis Cruz Azaceta
Hell Act II2009
marker on paper
29 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches
Exiled 50 II
2009
marker on paper
29.75 x 41.75 inches
Subterranean
2008
marker on paper
29.75 x 41.75 inches
Basin Blues
2009
toy figures, acrylic, water, enamel, metal tub
16 x 36 x 15 inches
Swimming to Havana IV
2009
acrylic and pencil on wood, metal tub
11 x 23 x 23 inches