Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban b. 1942)

The Journey

Details

Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban b. 1942)
The Journey
signed 'AZACETA' (lower left) signed again and dated 'LUIS CRUZ AZACETA, 1986' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
123 x 132 in. (312.4 x 335.3 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist.
Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Monterrey.
Acquired from the above.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920- 1987, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1987, p.197 (illustrated in color).
G. Glueck, "The Many Accents of Latino Art", New York Times, Sunday 25 September 1988, p.1 sec 2 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Latin Viewpoints, Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1996, p.32 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited

New York, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New Paintings, 1986. Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920- 1987, 28 June- 13 September 1987. This exhibition later travelled to: Flushing, The Queens Museum, 10 October- 6 December 1987; Miami, Center for Fine Arts, 15 January- March 1988; and Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 25 March- 22 May 1988.
Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, Latin Viewpoints, 18 August- 3 November 1996.

Lot Essay

"Throughout a distinguished career that spans more than three decades, Luis Cruz Azaceta has never wavered from his long-term commitment to making poetically expressive art that has something meaningful to say. Although he tends to work in series and has traveled down many stylistic avenues, Azaceta has remained consistent in his ongoing dedication to humanistic concerns. As the artist explained in the late 1980s, his primary goal is "to confront the viewer with life and what we are doing to each other. I hope to awaken in the viewer a sense of compassion."

David Rubin, "Luis Cruz Azaceta's Cartography of Life" in Luis Cruz Azaceta: Structuring Fear. New York: Galería Ramis Barquet, 2000, 3.

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