Reinaldo Arenas | The Parade Ends / La parata è finita

Cammino lungo strade sprofondate,

per le fogne che si disfano

davanti a edifici che devi schivare,

perchè ti cadrebbero addosso,

davanti a facce torve che ti scrutano e ti giudicano,

davanti a negozi chiusi,

mercati chiusi,

Rene Magritte

Reinaldo Arenas | My Lover The Sea / Io sono quel bambino....

Io sono quel bambino con la faccia tonda e sporca,

che in ogni angolo ti infastidisce

con il suo "mi dai una monetina"?

Io sono quel bambino con la faccia tonda e sporca, certamente non voluto, che da lontano

contempla gli autobus, in cui gli altri bambini ridono

forte, e fanno salti molto grandi.

Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky | At the Door of the School | The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Tomás Sánchez, 1948 | The Enchanting Forests

Tomás Sánchez, one of the most important and celebrated living Cuban Master.

His work is meticulous in its breathtaking detail, but the objective of the artist is not so much the recreation of reality as it is displaying the magnificence of a lyrical universe.

Tomás Sánchez, born in Cuba in 1948, invents richly spiritual images of nature in his art.

Sánchez graduated in 1971 in National Art School, Cuba.

Tomás Sánchez was awarded the 1st prize of Drawing for Young Artists in the National Exhibition of Arts.

Angel Boligan, 1965 | Surreal cartoonist / illustrator

A>ngel Boligàn Corbo was born in Havana. In 1992 he moved to Mexico. He draws for the newspaper EL UNIVERSAL and the satirical magazines CONOZCA MÁS and EL CHAMUCO. He is a member of the cartoonist group "Cartooning for Peace" and won worldwide more than 130 prizes in cartoon competitions.

Angel comes from a country surrounded by dreams, frustrations and sometimes nightmares. Cuba, land of intensive social and political incidents, gave Bolig án the experience of life. A socialist who later will perceive the capitalist world with a broader look, becoming that way an observer with a surprising maturity.

Luis Enrique Toledo del Rio, 1989 | Magic Realism painter

Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Luis Enrique Toledo del Rio graduated from Manuel Ascunce Domenech in Cuba.

Toledo del Rio considers his creations a form of magical realism, evoking dreams, fantasy and magic through the use of color, light, shadow and space.

Toledo del Rio achieves, "...dreamlike atmospheres where reality and fantasy intertwine to show a different world".

Juan Carlos Verdial, 1957 | Surrealist painter

Cuban painter Juan Carlos Verdial was born in Havana, Cuba. Graduated from Art Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.

He is a graduate of the San Alejandro Academy of Art, the oldest and most prestigious Fine Art school in Cuba, and a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

His works have been shown in close to 100 solo and group exhibitions across South, Central, and North America, including Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, as well as Miami, Boston and New York.

Denis Nunez Rodríguez, 1967 | Surrealist painter

Cuban painter Denis Nunez Rodriguez was born in Matanzas, Cuba.

He studied drawing and painting in Cuba`s National Art School and graduated in 1986 as a painter and professor of painting and drawing.

Núñez has held numerous solo exhibitions in Cuba and worldwide.

His works have been recognized with numerous awards🎨 and most of them illustrate book covers of famous authors.

Jorge Ignacio Nazábal, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Jorge Ignacio Nazábal Cowan was born in Havana, Cuba.

He graduated in Biology at the University of Havana in 1985 and worked twelve years as a biologist in a cytogenetics laboratory.

In 1996 he began to study at the Academy of San Alejandro Arts of Havana and graduated from there in 2000.

In 1997 he left his job as a biologist and devoted himself to painting.