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Agustin Cardenas
Born in Mantanzas (Cuba) in 1927, Augustin Cardenas (Agustín Cárdenas) studied at the Fine Arts Academy of San Alejandro between 1943 and 1949. Arriving in Paris in 1955, he sets up in Montparnasse. The painter-sculptor is very quickly revealed by André Breton who was seduced by his spiritual, poetical and sensual work. Augustin Cardenas is introduced to the last group of
Born in Mantanzas (Cuba) in 1927, Augustin Cardenas (Agustín Cárdenas) studied at the Fine Arts Academy of San Alejandro between 1943 and 1949. Arriving in Paris in 1955, he sets up in Montparnasse. The painter-sculptor is very quickly revealed by André Breton who was seduced by his spiritual, poetical and sensual work. Augustin Cardenas is introduced to the last group of surrealists and participates in many of their group exhibitions. Abandoning his formal training, with the surrealists he rediscovers his African roots and fully expresses eroticism through is work. The sensual lyricism of his sculptures inspired by African legends and primal origins mixed with animalistic rituals give his work a universal language. Cardenas draws a lot, almost systematically, he works the plaster. His sculptures exude sensuality, smooth and curved evocative of feminine figures, revealing strong symbols. He is one of the pioneers of modern sculpture along with Brancusi or Arp. From 1956 to 1997, he participates in hundreds of group exhibitions and thirty four solo shows. As of 1968 he lives and works regularly in Meudon-Bellevue and at his studio in Nogent-sur-Marne. He also worked in Canada, Austria, Japan, Israel and in Korea but mostly in Italy at Carrere where he worked on marble and at Pietrasanta where his bronze sculptures were cast. From 1994 to 2001, he returned to Havana where he passed away in 2001. His art is a synthesis of culture from the three continents, lending itself to reverie.
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Musée Galliera
1972 Original poster, printed in lithograph, for the artist's exhibition at the Galliera Museum, Paris. Atelier Clot printer, Paris. Without
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1959 Original linocut, signed by the artist on the lower right. Without
Abstract composition
1972 Original watercolour, dated and signed in bottom on the right by the artist. WithoutCatalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Not realised. All the "catalogues raisonnés"Bibliographic track & more
To read from or about the artist :
* « Cardenas - Sculptures récentes 1972-1973 », Ed. Le Point Cardinal, Paris, 1973* « Agustin Cardenas », Michel Troche, catalogue d'exposition, Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, Paris,1981
* « Cardenas - Sculpture 1947-1997 », Collectif, Ed. Skira, Paris, 1997
* « Jorge Camacho - Agustin Cardenas », catalogue d'exposition, Zoé Valdès, Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris, 1998
* « Agustin Cardenas - Sculptures 1947-1997 », coll. Art moderne, Ed. Skira, 2002
* « Trois galeries, un artiste : Agustin Cardenas », catalogue d'exposition, J.G. Mitterand, Ed. JGM Galerie-Vallois-Le Minotaure, Paris, 2003
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No stamp made.Art movements
- + SURREALISM / 1924-1969 / Marcel Duchamp, Dora Maar, Kurt Schwitters, Taro Okamoto, Antonio Berni, etc.
- + MODERN SCULPTURE / 1930-1970 / William Kenneth Armiage, Constantin Brancusi, Anthony Caro, Naum Gabo, Pablo Gargallo, Isamu Noguchi, etc.
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