Reunión en la OEA (Meeting at the OAS)

1965

Mariano Rodríguez

Associated Names
Mariano

Artist, Cuban, 1912 - 1990

This painting features various swirling and interlocking shapes and lines creating a complex composition. It includes forms similar to naked human figures, although some are in strange positions and some are only partially visible. In the upper left corner, there are vertical red and white striped lines that evoke the American flag. Near the upper-left corner are some shapes that look like tree limbs. Below those, a strange blue shape that looks like a ghostly face emerges from the chest of a person. The rest of the shapes are abstract and ambiguous. The background near the top-right corner seems to be black, while the background near the bottom-left corner seems to be white.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E407

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection of the artist; the artist’s estate; transferred 1990 to the Fundación Mariano Rodríguez; gift May 2022 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Mariano. Oleos y dibujos, Galeria de la Habana, Havana, 1965.

1966

  • The exhibition of the Cuban painter, Mariano, Atelier Gallery, Cairo, 1966.

1968

  • Panorama del arte en Cuba, Museo Nacional, Palacio de Bellas Artles, Havana, 1968, unnumbered catalogue.

1975

  • Mariano Rodriguez. Exposición retrospectiva, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, 1975.

2004

  • Mariano. Sala de Exposiciones de Santo Domingo, Salamanca, May-June 2004.

  • Mariano. Salle d'Exposition du quai Antoine Ier, Monte Carlo, Monaco, January - February 2004, no. 107.

2021

  • Mariano: Variations on a Theme / Variaciones sobre un tems, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2021.

Bibliography

1966

  • Carmona, Dario. "Mariano," _Bohemia_5 (1966): 36-37, repro.

  • Rodríguez Feo, José. "Mariano: pintura poética revolucionaria." Cuba 46 (February 1966): 62, repro; 65.

1967

  • Juan, Adelaida de. "Pintura cubana actual." Universidad de La Habana no. 186-188 (July-December 1967): 83.

1975

  • López Nussa, Leonel. "Invitación a Mariano." Bohemia (6 June 1975): 28.

1977

  • Quevedo, Alberto. "Mariano: Ámbito pictórico." Revolución y Cultura 64 (December 1977): 54

1978

  • Juan, Adelaida de. "Luego la critica." Semanario Cultural (23 April 1978): 5

  • Villares, Ricardo. "Mariano en cuatro décades." Bohemia 35 (September 1978): 30, repro.

1988

  • Montes de Oca, Dannys. "Mariano y el riesgo de creer en la inmortalidad," in Mariano: una energia voluptuosa. Exh. Cat. Galeria Haydée Santamaria, Casa de las Américas, Havana, 1988: 9.

2012

  • Castellanos, Israel. "Mariano Rodríguez: electrón libre en la órbita de la abstracción cubana." La Gaceta de Cuba 4 (July-August 2012).

  • Vent Dumois, Lesbia. "Centenarios. Mariano." Noticias de ArteCubano 10 (2012)

2023

  • Anreus, Alejandro. Vida y Obra Mariano Rodriguez. Miami: 2023: 27, repro. 29, 33, n. 41(online reference, accessed at EstudiosCulturales2003.es 14 September 2023).

Inscriptions

lower left: Mariano

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