I visited the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU. There were several artists on exhibit there from different parts of the Caribbean, Central and South American and the United States.
The most beautiful piece that I saw was a tapestry that showed what looked like two women facing in opposite directions. One was red, one was black. While I was looking at it I was wondering how long it took the artist to make the piece because it is very detailed and complicated but kind of symmetrical. I also thought about how the idea came to him, was it a dream or did it have something to do with reality for him. When I looked it at it, I saw what appeared to be a Janus-like figure as well. The piece made me feel relaxed and curious. The …show more content…
He is a Cuban born artist who later left the island and moved to Mexico and now lives in Miami. The pieces were divided into four sections. The first section was work painted on paper and wood. These were pieces that depicted life and death, thoughts, rebirth and culture. The colors in these pieces are light and dark so the images stand out a lot. They catch your attention immediately. The second section was ceramic and metal decorative plates and the third section was the tapestries. These were designed by him but crafted by Magnolia Editions who create tapestries out of artwork. The tapestries show more depictions of women and less death related images. There was a separate area where they showed his pencil and pen sketches on all kinds of paper, like notebooks, calendars, whatever he had around and a video played about him in this area.
I think the most significant piece in the exhibit was a one called “Mr. C. O. Jones”. This painting is of a man holding a head that has been cut off with a machete. The hair on the head is full of serpents or what looks like serpents with eyes at the tip. The head of the man is bearded. To me it signifies that he cut off the head of Fidel Castro and since he has left the island he has liberated himself from the dictator. In Spanish “c.ojones” means “balls” and it would take someone with “balls” to cut off Fidel’s
The most beautiful piece that I saw was a tapestry that showed what looked like two women facing in opposite directions. One was red, one was black. While I was looking at it I was wondering how long it took the artist to make the piece because it is very detailed and complicated but kind of symmetrical. I also thought about how the idea came to him, was it a dream or did it have something to do with reality for him. When I looked it at it, I saw what appeared to be a Janus-like figure as well. The piece made me feel relaxed and curious. The …show more content…
He is a Cuban born artist who later left the island and moved to Mexico and now lives in Miami. The pieces were divided into four sections. The first section was work painted on paper and wood. These were pieces that depicted life and death, thoughts, rebirth and culture. The colors in these pieces are light and dark so the images stand out a lot. They catch your attention immediately. The second section was ceramic and metal decorative plates and the third section was the tapestries. These were designed by him but crafted by Magnolia Editions who create tapestries out of artwork. The tapestries show more depictions of women and less death related images. There was a separate area where they showed his pencil and pen sketches on all kinds of paper, like notebooks, calendars, whatever he had around and a video played about him in this area.
I think the most significant piece in the exhibit was a one called “Mr. C. O. Jones”. This painting is of a man holding a head that has been cut off with a machete. The hair on the head is full of serpents or what looks like serpents with eyes at the tip. The head of the man is bearded. To me it signifies that he cut off the head of Fidel Castro and since he has left the island he has liberated himself from the dictator. In Spanish “c.ojones” means “balls” and it would take someone with “balls” to cut off Fidel’s