MarianoAuthor :
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Published : Sunday 25 October 2020
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This bilingual catalog accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Cuban modernist painter Mariano Rodríguez (1912-90). The artist, known simply as "Mariano," explored variations on central themes that reappeared and evolved throughout his lifetime, most famously his iconic "gallo" (rooster) paintings. The McMullen Museums exhibition and catalog offer an expanded look into Marianos six-decade career from interdisciplinary perspectives. Essays consider Marianos formative association with Manuel Rodríguez Lozano and the Mexican School in the thirties and the symbiotic relationship that developed between Mariano and Cuban intellectuals to create a rich cultural history in the forties. The catalog discusses Marianos shift from figuration to abstraction in the fifties and his return to figuration with startling grotesque imagery in the sixties. There is also a focus on Marianos final period, which explores the individual and the collective, both compositionally and politically, in the seventies and eighties. Together, these essays illuminate both Marianos rootedness in traditional forms of Cuban symbolism and his forging of a unique style that came to characterize his work beyond "lo cubano."
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