Manuel Castellanos López

Manuel Castellanos López (May 29, 1949) is a Cuban graphic artist.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Sancti Spíritus, Las Villas, Cuba, on May 29, 1949.^[2] From 1965 to 1970 he studied in Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), La Habana, Cuba. He was a teacher at the Escuela Nacional de Arte up to 1979.^[2]

Individual Exhibitions

Among his personal exhibitions can be included "Son como son" Galeria de La Habana, Havana, 1976.^[3] In 1977 he presented also "Dibujos de Castellanos" Pequeño Salón, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. In 1979 he exhibited his works "Dibujos y grabados de Manuel Castellanos". Pequeño Salón, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba and "Dibujos de Castellanos", México.^[3]

Collective Exhibitions

In 1971 he participated in the X "Premi Internacional Dibuix Joan Miró".^[3] Collegi d’Arquitectes. Catalunya i Balears, Barcelona/Girona, Spain. In 1975 presented some of his works in the "Third Triennale India" 1975. Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India. In 1977 his works took part of the "Bienal de Ilustraciones de Bratislava BIB’77" Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.^[3] In 1982 was part of the XL "Biennale di Venezia", Italy, and in 1984 as part of 1st. Havana Bienial, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.^[3]

Awards

He has been awarded with several distinctions during his life, as an example we can mention the First Prize in Drawing category and the Second Prize of Engraving in the "Salón Nacional de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plásticas", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, 1973.^[3] In 1977 he was recognized with the "Mention of Honor". Bienal de Ilustraciones BIB’77, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.^[3]

Collections

In Cuba his works can be found in relevant collections such as National Library José Martí, Havana; Casa de Las Américas, Havana. We can also found them in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, and in Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), Havana, Cuba.

References

1. ^ Sullivan, Edward J. (1996). Arte latinoamericano del siglo XX. Editorial NEREA. p. 96. ISBN 9788489569041.  ("Asimismo, la tradicion del dibujo y del grabado se vio fortalecida gracias a los esfuerzos de jóvenes artistas, tales como Manuel Castellanos, ..."; transl.: Also, the tradition of drawing and engraving was strengthened through the efforts of young artists such as Manuel Castellanos, ...)
2. ^ ^{a b} Bondil, Nathalie (2009), Cuba: Art and History from 1868 to Today, Prestel, p. 259, ISBN 9783791343945, "Manuel Castellanos, a meticulous draughtsman, created a world of imaginative and symbolic richness in an original style, tackling Cuban reality with mordant wit. A master of the pencil drawing, he employs an intellectualized popular theme in A Combatant People on the March (illustration 303). A landmark in Cuban drawing, it was a pioneering use of a map of the country's outline to refer to Cuban society as a whole. This contemporary motif was subsequently adopted for other purposes by Antonio E. Fernandez (Tonel), Ibrahim Miranda, Sandra Ramos and Abel Barroso." 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Castellanos Lopéz, Manuel" (in Spanish). Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG). http://www.tallergraficahabana.cult.cu/pags_ASP/curri.asp?who=69. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 

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