As part of our year-long celebration of the 500th anniversary of the City of Havana, the CCCNY closes its Spring Season with a solo exhibit by Ernesto Ferrand, one of the most sought-after Cuban artists in photography today.
Standing astride two worlds—a vanished past and a dissonant present—Ferrand’s Eppur Si Muove encompasses iconic shots of contemporary Havana, prodding beyond the image, as if searching for the soul of the city.
In his interplay of light and shadows, Ferrand turns the commonplace into an artistic vision, revealing a highly defined sense of symmetry and depth, whether in scenes of squalor or merely in the mundane, producing images equally soaked in beauty and pathos. It is a compelling aesthetics of delicacy and decay, where Havana, however stagnant, still moves.
LA NACIONAL GALLERY
239 West 14th Street
(between 7th & 8th Aves.), NYC
FREE ADMISSION
Opening reception with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar on June 30 at 5 pm
PLEASE RSVP at: info@cubanculturalcenter.org
VIEWING HOURS: July 1 to 3, 11 am to 6 pm
Image above: Maleconeando (2012)
Below: Fachada #1 (2004), The War of the Worlds (2012), Solitario (2012)
All on Fuji Paper, editions of 25 each.
Ernesto Ferrand began formal studies of graphic design at Havana’s Experimental School of Drawing and Printmaking in 1982 at the young age of 14. In 1991, he graduated from Cuba’s most prominent art school, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art, with a degree in Printmaking, and then went on to complete a 5-year graphic design degree at Instituto Superior de Diseño Industrial (ISDI) in Havana. His works have gained recognition and won awards internationally. His poster art and photographic work has been exhibited in numerous collective spaces globally, including the 4th, 5th and 6th International Poster Biennial held at the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico DF; the 2nd International Poster Exhibition: 2001 in Ningbo, China, Propaganda! Cuban Political & Film Posters // 2003 A
IGA in New York, Cuban Posters at the
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) 2004 in Spain, with a solo exhibition Nada Sostengo, Nada Se Sostiene at the Casa del Vino, 2011 in Rovereto, Italy. Also, Soy Cuba Exhibition, World Cinema Amsterdam, From 14 until 23-08-2015 in Amsterdam, Holland. Artes de Cuba Exhibition 2018 at Kennedy Center, Washington DC., among others. Ferrand presently resides in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
This event is presented as part of our year-long celebration of the 500th anniversary of the City of Havana, culminating in our 18th annual flagship conference, Oda a La Habana: The first 500 years, to be held at Barnard College on Sunday, November 17th, 2019.
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