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Rodrigo de la Luz
Painter, sculptor, photographer
Rodrigo de la Luz, a Miami-based Cuban-American painter and sculptor, was born in Villa Clara, Cuba, in 1969. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited at the Spanish Cultural Center; the Spirit of Art Gallery in Miami; at a one-man show entitled Los Teatrinos, at Cremata Gallery; la Galería del Medio; Cuban American Bar Association Gala
Rodrigo de la Luz
Painter, sculptor, photographer
Rodrigo de la Luz, a Miami-based Cuban-American painter and sculptor, was born in Villa Clara, Cuba, in 1969. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited at the Spanish Cultural Center; the Spirit of Art Gallery in Miami; at a one-man show entitled Los Teatrinos, at Cremata Gallery; la Galería del Medio; Cuban American Bar Association Gala; the Save the Children Gala; and at the Amigos for Kids exhibition. His drawings have also appeared in Proyecto Setra digital magazine.
The artist defines his paintings as pop naïf. His works create an imaginary world of masques, monsters and unique characters. Rodrigo describes his small sculptures–made out of glass and metal–as art of detritus. His artistic work has been the subject of several articles in The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Diario Las Américas, Revista Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana and other media. About one of his exhibitions, El Nuevo Herald’s cultural writer, Olga Connor, wrote:
"In a double exhibit, Rodrigo de la Luz revealed his other face–that of sculptor of small figures of objets trouvés and of creator of naïf paintings–which could explain some of the strange aspects of his poetry. In fact, he pointed out that his Beings in the Showcase were in the poems as well as in the objects that were exhibited all throughout the Spanish Cultural Center, expressing his vision of life, somewhat oblique or humorous, depending on the critic’s viewpoint."
Writer and journalist Rodolfo Sotomayor has said that “in his sculptures, just as in his poems, Rodrigo utilizes simple materials, in order to transform perfume bottles, forks, or wire into ballerinas, automobiles or soldiers.”
According to critic Armando Añel, Rodrigo’s artistic work “throws the personal experience into the arms of poetic imagination. His collages, a mixture of objects—buttons, bottles …and other disposable elements—which form the human figures or animals, seem to be telling a story, defining a circumstance or a destiny.”
Rodrigo can be contacted directly at acorrerconrodrigo@hotmail.com. His works are also for sale in this website.
