Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Balsero / Naufragio, 1994, Acrylic, charcoal, 2 polaroids and shellac on canvas, 71h x 60w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Pandemic 3, 2020, 72x96in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Rompecabezas 0011, 2023, Dibujo en papel, 30” x 42”
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Joyride with Wall, 2022, Dibujo en papel, 30” x 42”
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Swimming to Havana-Tub Wall, 2016, Acrylic, ink on paper, 30h x 42w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Amazona Devastation, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 48x96 in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, A QUESTION OF BLACK & WHITE, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 96
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Laberintos, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 96w in, 121.92h x 243.84w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta “Mutación 999” 2020 Acrylic on Canvas 48”x96”
Luis Cruz Azaceta “Mutación 777” 2020 Acrylic on Canvas 48”x96”
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Crack Up, 2003, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 48w in, 122h x 122w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Swimming to Havana-Fish Tank, 2009 - 2016, Acrylic, permanent ink markers on paper, 30h x 30w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Tsunami V, 2012, Permanent ink on paper, 30h x 42w in, 76h x 106w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Museum Plan for the Caribbean, 2007, Acrylic, charcoal, enamel on canvas, 60h x 62w in
About
Luis Cruz Azaceta, born 1942, is a Cuban American visual artist. He left Cuba as a teenager in 1960. After immigrating to the United States, Azaceta lived in New York, graduated from The School of Visual Arts and began his long career as an artist. Since the late 1970s the paintings and drawings of Luis Cruz Azaceta have been addressing the moral and ethical pulse of this country. Early works focused on urban violence, the Aids epidemic, and racism. His current works relate to the rapid state of change in the world at large - war, terrorism, displacement, identity, and collapsing economies.
He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally and has been awarded grants including The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Joan Mitchell Foundation. His work is in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and The Whitney Museum of Art in New York, The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., Museo De Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, Marco, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, Mexico among others.
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