GUSTAVO ACOSTA: MANIFESTO
SEPTIEMBRE 21, 2023 - TORRE PIANTINI
La galería Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo, celebrando su 28vo aniversario de existencia, con un espacio independiente y auto-curado, presenta la más nueva exhibición individual, del reconocido artista de origen cubano, residente en La Florida, Gustavo Acosta, titulada “MANIFESTO,” a inaugurar el jueves 21 de Septiembre del 2023, a las 7.30-10.30 PM en la Torre Piantini.
Gustavo Acosta es uno de los artistas fundadores y pilares de la galería desde sus inicios, allá en 1995, junto a los maestros José García Cordero, José Bédia y Edouard Duval-Carrié, entre otros.
Según las palabras del artista:
Dentro de sus interpretaciones del paisaje urbano, Acosta juega con rupturas arquitectónicas que se relacionan a la abstracción geométrica del espacio propuesto. Sus tonalidades monocromáticas, conviven con una paleta enérgica actuando como ventanas de luz que penetran el metal de un edificio industrial. En contraste, bosques verdes y fuentes de agua que emergen en convivencia a un nivel apocalíptico, que sugieren un nuevo comienzo para la humanidad. Así mismo, explora la bi-dimensión de los espacios como un elemento temporal, como si capas translúcidas de memoria se acoplaran para existir en un solo momento. Transforma la cuadrícula en pixel, logrando una composición de capas que se superponen sobre sí mismas como si fueran un collage multidimensional, permitiendo nuevas exploraciones en cuanto a la profundidad del espacio.
Gustavo Acosta (Habana, Cuba, 1958) es graduado de la Escuela de Artes Visuales San Alejandro, Habana, así como del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Ha recibido numerosos reconocimientos a nivel nacional e internacional, entre ellos: Medalla de Oro en Pintura, Primera Bienal del Caribe, República Dominicana junto con el Premio de Pintura, LVII Salón Nacional de Arte, Valdepeñas, España. (1992), el Premio de Pintura, III Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador. (1991), el Premio de Pintura, Salón UNEAC, La Habana, Cuba. (1988), y el Premio Nacional de Dibujo, Primera Bienal de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba. (1984). Sus obras pertenecen a importantes colecciones públicas, tales como: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Habana, Cuba, el Centro Wifredo Lam. La Habana, Cuba, el Teatro Nacional de Cuba. La Habana, Cuba, la Universidad de La Habana. La Habana, Cuba, el Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, MACG. Ciudad de México. México, el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MOCA. Miami, Estados Unidos, la Diputación Provincial de Ciudad Real. España, el Lowe Art Museum. Miami, Estados Unidos, la Colección de la Herencia Cubana, University of Miami, Estados Unidos, el Fort Lauderdale Art Museum. Fort Lauderdale, Estados Unidos, el Nassau county Museum of Art. Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Colección Farber, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Rep. de Panamá, The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collection. Belén, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos. University of Southern California's Fisher Museum of Art. EE.UU, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York. EE.UU, el Frost Art Museum, Universidad Internacional de Florida. Miami, Estados Unidos, y el American Career College. Playa de Newport, California.
La exposición estará abierta al público de lunes a viernes, de 9.30 a 6.30PM, hasta el 25 de Octubre del 2023.
The Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo gallery, celebrating its 28th anniversary of existence, with an independent and self-curated space, presents the newest double feature exhibition, with two simultaneous solo shows: In Room A, “Manifesto,” of the Cuban artist Gustavo Acosta, and in Room B, “Vistas y Placeres,” the solo-show debut of Colombian artist Manuela Corji now residing in Santo Domingo. to open on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 7.30-10.30 PM in the Piantini Tower.
Gustavo Acosta is one of the founding artists and pillars of the gallery since its beginnings, back in 1995, along with Latin American masters Jose Garcia Cordero, Jose Bedia, and Edouard Duval-Carrie, among others.
Within his interpretations of the urban landscape, Acosta plays with architectural ruptures that are related to the geometric abstraction of the proposed space. Its monochromatic tones coexist with an energetic palette acting as windows of light that penetrate the metal of an industrial building. In contrast, green forests and water sources emerge in coexistence on an apocalyptic level, suggesting a new beginning for humanity. Likewise, it explores the two-dimensionality of spaces as a temporal element, as if translucent layers of memory come together to exist in a single moment. It transforms the grid into a pixel, achieving a composition of layers that overlap each other as if they were a multidimensional collage, allowing new explorations in terms of the depth of space.
In the artist's words: “In my work, I have sought to weave a visual narrative in which the human urban footprint is the protagonist of its own history, its conflicts and the way in which they affect us generate displacements, tragedies or happy endings. As much as the conceptualization and exposition of the narrative, I enjoy (and suffer) the process of making it. I learned to live in harmony with the contradictions that a set of works sometimes presents with respect to others, of a specific piece with respect to the one that precedes it or the one that derives from it. “My work is unitary and those same units reflect conflicts and collisions not unrelated to the extremes that contemporary art experiences or to the particular times in which we live.”
Gustavo Acosta (Havana, Cuba, 1958) is a graduate of the San Alejandro School of Visual Arts, Havana, as well as the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). He has received numerous awards, including: the Gold Medal in Painting, First Caribbean Biennial, Dominican Republic along with the Painting Prize, LVII National Art Salon, Valdepeñas, Spain. (1992), the Painting Prize, III Cuenca Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador. (1991), the Painting Prize, UNEAC Hall, Havana, Cuba. (1988), and the National Drawing Award, First Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba. (1984). His works belong to important public collections, such as: National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba, the Wifredo Lam Center. Havana, Cuba, the National Theater of Cuba. Havana, Cuba, the University of Havana. Havana, Cuba, the Carrillo Gil Art Museum, MACG. Mexico City. Mexico, Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA. Miami, United States, the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real. Spain, Lowe Art Museum. Miami, United States, the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami, United States, the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum. Fort Lauderdale, United States, Nassau County Museum of Art. New York, United States. Farber Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art. Rep. of Panama, The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collection. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. University of Southern California's Fisher Museum of Art. USA, El Museo del Barrio, New York. USA, The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University. Miami, United States, and the American Career College. Newport Beach, California.
The exhibition will be open to the public from Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., until the 25th of October, 2023.