René Francisco (1960) - Ignopolis. Serie.

René Francisco. Cuba. 1960 Category: Engravings and Prints Graphic Work Series: Ignipolis Publisher: Del Campo and others. Taller del Prado. Madrid. Technique: Lithography Support: Conqueror Connoisseur 300 g paper Dimensions: 62 x 82 cm – (50 x 70 cm print) Edition: 100 copies The numbering of the copy may vary but always within the certified edition of 100 original copies, signed and numbered by hand. P/A: 10 H.C.: 10 P/T: 5 Genre: Abstract, Geometric Belonging to a generation of artists that emerged at the end of the eighties, René Francisco Rodríguez (Holguín, Cuba, 1960) was distinguished at the National Museum of Fine Arts with the National Prize for Plastic Arts 2010. This award, granted annually by the Cuban Ministry of Culture since 1994, is given once to a visual artist, living and resident in the country, for a lifetime of work. This is the first time it has been awarded to an artist born after 1959. René Francisco graduated from the National School of Art (ENA) in 1982 and the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) in 1987, a center where he has exercised an unorthodox teaching. Since the nineties of the 20th century, he became an indispensable reference within Cuban art in his duo with Eduardo Ponjuán and later for his solo career. His artistic discourse has maintained a constant ascent, combining: experimentation, renewal, research, critical sense and social interest; affinities that also occur in his transgressive pedagogical work, which forms an inseparable unity with the totality of his creation. René Francisco has proven to be a "facilitator or medium"—as he himself defined it recently—for more than one generation of emerging artists, some of whom are today recognized figures in the Cuban visual arts movement. His work as an educator, which now totals twenty years, gained international recognition for the first time at the VII Havana Biennial, when in 2000 he was awarded UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts to Galería DUPP—third edition of his project From a Pedagogical Pragmatic Perspective. Subsequently, the Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in California, United States, in 2001, acknowledged both his work as an artist and his teaching. Twenty-four solo exhibitions to date bear witness to his creative energy. Among the most relevant of the last five years are: his presentation at the 52nd Venice Biennale, Italy (2007), Crossed Histories at PanAmerican Art Projects, United States (2008), and in Havana, the exhibitions Interpreter (2009) and Paintings of Yesterday and Tomorrow (2010). A precise mandatory mention is his socially oriented work known as Patio de Nin, in the El Romerillo neighborhood (2004/2005) — to cite just one example — and also his collective project Plaza almada (2009), linked to residencies, workshops, and workshops around the world. The multifaceted and dynamic work built by René Francisco, tied to the social, critical and irreverent, refers not only to existential problems of the country but also to the intricacies of its history. The processual character of that work and its performativity have been on the rise, just as his artistic practice asserts his belief that art meets life, dissolves in it, and can transform it. He has now become part of several of the most important collections in Spain in addition to those in which he already appears, such as the Jorge Pérez Collection of Miami, Ella Fontanal de Cisneros, etc. He is preparing for November 2026, as Guest Curator of the exhibition at Casa de América on the occasion of the Summit of Heads of State of Ibero-America.

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