2015 Summer Residency
from June 1st to August 31st.
34 Avenue A 3rd Fl.
NYC 10009
Btw 2nd & 3rd St.
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Jun 022015
May 092015
Por Andrés Isaac Santana
Especial/el Nuevo Herald
Desde que en el 2013 recibiera el Premio Arte Laguna de Performance en Venecia, a propósito de su obra Prodigal Son, 2010, el discurso estético del joven artista cubano Carlos Martiel (La Habana, 1989), se ha instalado en los principales circuitos del arte internacional asistido por fuertes resortes de legitimación y de prestigio. Su próxima intervención, que tendrá lugar en Mandragoras Art Space, en la ciudad de Nueva York y bajo el título Ascensión, se inscribe dentro de esa línea de insubordinaciones y desobediencias desenfrenadas tan propias a su proyecto. Se trata de una puesta en escena francamente escalofriante, respaldada por una altísima cuota de extrañamiento y dolor. El cuerpo se traviste en soporte discursivo de un cuestionamiento ético y humanista acerca de dónde residen los límites (presumibles) entre dos sujetos antagónicos y cercanos a un tiempo: el héroe y el asesino.
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Apr 122015
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Carlos Martiel (b. Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist specializing in performance. His work focuses on specific political events and social injustices that occur both inside and outside of Cuba. Martiel’s performances reflect on the relations of power between the individual and the different contexts in which he or she operates. Through his use of acute symbolism and nearly harrowing imagery, he brings about awareness surrounding race, class, and identity. When Martiel began his artistry, drawing and jewelry-making were his mediums of choice, but drawing was the catalyst to his now performance-based practice.
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Apr 042015
By Mariana Alcântara
Carlos Martiel es un artista de performance nacido en la Habana. Todas sus obras están increíblemente cargadas de elementos sociales y políticos: reclamos a las injusticias del gobierno, la interacción del cuerpo desnudo con el ambiente, la búsqueda de dirección y el abrazar la historia propia. La piel desnuda, la sangre, el fluir de las substancias corporales, los movimientos o la carencia de estos son elementos determinantes de su obra.
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Mar 302015
May 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m.
MAAS | Mandragoras Art Space is proud to open its 2015 Programming presenting Cuban artist Carlos Martiel, on his first solo performance in New York City.
Where is the line that divides a hero from a murderer? “Ascención” questions the perception of heroism as dependent on the use of power in matters of political conflict and world peace. Martiel bases his critique on the military system, where heroism is grounded on rank and rivalry, and that vindicates authoritarianism and the sacrifice of life for the common good.
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MAAS | 3601 36 Ave, 3rd Floor North., Long Island City, New York. 11106
Mar 192015
Mar 192015
Agape Charmani for Art-Sheep
Carlos Martiel is a Cuban performance artist, whose work could be described as an aggressive comment on the ethics, history and behavior of the world.
His provocative and raw performances explore the nature of existence, social barriers and cultural traditions. His work is a form of disagreement against the established values, through physical expressions that remind one of rituals and ceremonial procedures. Commenting on issues such as censorship or persecution for cultural or political reasons, especially in his country, the artist sees his performances as a response to the way society and history have treated the minorities and the outsiders.
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Jan 222015
A Discussion with Carlos Martiel*
Moderated by Beatriz Balanta, Assistant Professor of Art History at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 | 8:00 p.m.
CentralTrak | 800 Exposition Ave. Dallas, TX 75226
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Jan 132015
CUBAN ART AWARD FINALIST ANNOUNCED
The Farber Foundation has announced the finalists for the first international Cuban Art Awards, spotlighting a mix of artists working on the island and abroad.
Announced last year, the Farber Foundation Cuban Art Awards were created to recognize the achievements of Cuban contemporary artists internationally. The awards are given biennially in two categories: Cuban Artist of the Year and Young Cuban Artist of the Year (35 and under).
In each category, the award recognizes a contemporary artist or collaborative that has demonstrated exceptional creative power over the previous two years.
The 2015 awards will inaugurate the program. The five finalists for Artist of the Year were chosen from a field of close to 30 candidates, says Farber Foundation director Howard Farber, and the finalists for Young Artist of the Year were chosen from a similarly wide-ranging field.
For the 2015 Cuban Artist of the Year, the finalists are: Alexandre Arrechea, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Teresita Fernández, Glexis Novoa, Lázaro Saavedra.
For the 2015 Young Cuban Artist of the Year, the finalists are: Alejandro Campins, Celia y Yunior, Elizabet Cerviño, Rafael Domenech, Carlos Martiel.
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Jan 092015
Kir Royal Gallery Valencia in collaboration with UPV (Polytechnic University of Valencia) is pleased to announce the exhibition “The Third Shore” curated by Guibert Rosales, Eleonora Battiston and Ricardo Forriols. Through the artworks by 14 Cuban artists between the most representative ones, the exhibition analyzes the creative experience of the art of the island from the Eighties till nowadays.
The participating artists are: José Bedia, René Francisco, Eduardo Ponjuán, Los Carpinteros, Alexis Esquivel, Glenda León, Carlos Quintana, Wilber Aguilera, Glauber Ballesteros, Lorente-Castro-Lorente, Carlos Martiel, Lázaro Navarrete, Osmeivy Ortega and Guibert Rosales.
Exhibition catalogue published by MARETTI EDITORE.
Opening: January 29th from 8 to 10 PM at Kir Royal Gallery (C/ Reina Doña Germana, 24, 46005 Valencia, Spain).
Round Table/Opening: January 30th at 11:30 AM at the Auditorium of Polytechnic University of Valencia (Campus de Vera, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain), opening at 1 PM.
Exhibition: from January 29th to March 29th, 2015.
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