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Agustín Cárdenas

(Cuban, 1927–2001)

Agustín Cárdenas

Little Horse, 1989

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Agustín Cárdenas

Inlaid Ebony, 1974

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Agustín Cárdenas

Fragua, 1970

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Agustín Cárdenas

Untitled, 1978

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Agustín Cárdenas

Totem, 1959

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Biography

Timeline

1927: Born: in Matanzas, Cuba
1943 - 1949: Beaux-Arts Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
1951 - 1955: Member of Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC), Havana, Cuba
1953 - 1955: Member of the creative group Los Once, Havana, Cuba
1953: received the Segundo Premio at the VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba
1955: Moved to France
: Awarded with the Silver Medal XXXVII, Salón de Bellas Artes, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1957: Joined the Surrealist movement
1961: Prize of Sculpture in Biennial of Paris
1968: Started working in his studio in Nogent sur Marne, France
1976: Awarded with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and with the Fujisankey Biennal Prize at the Hakone Open Air Museum, Fujisankey, Japan
1995: Received the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas by the Cuban Ministry of Culture
2001: Died: in Cuba

Exhibitions

2002: Desires and Grace, Haim Chanin Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2000: Abstract Art: Tono a Tono, Salón de la Solidaridad, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
1999: Art-World in Dialogue, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
1998: Internation Festival of Biarritz, France (solo)
Augustin Cardenas - Jean Prouvé, Maison Verte, Paris, France
1997: Retrospective, Galeria del Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy (solo)
Le Surréalisme et l'Amour, Pavillon des Arts, Paris, France
The Art Show, Jeffrey H. Loria, New York, NY
1996: The Art Show, Jeffrey H. Loria, New York, NY
The Magic of the Volume, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
1993: Agustín Cárdenas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
IAM, Miami, FL
1992: Galerie JGM, Paris, France (solo)
International Art Esposition Arco, Caracas, Venezuela
Galerie du Château, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1991: International Art Exhibition, Miami, FL (solo)
Art Exhibiton in Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1990: Bois, Galerie JGM, Paris, France
FIAC, Paris, France
1989: Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Salon de Mars, Paris, France
1988: Galerie JGM, Paris, France (solo)
Trente ans de Sculpture, Galerie JGM, Paris, France
1987: Open Air Museum, Yorkshire, UK
Corea Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1984: FIAC, Paris, France (solo)
1982: Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
1980: Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1978: Festival of Lyon, Lyon, France
1973: Biennale Internationale de la Petite Sculpture II, Budapest, Hungary
1972: Musée Galleria, Paris, France
1971: Sculptures, Parc Floral, Paris, France
1969: Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL
Biennale de Sculpture, Antwerp, Belgium
1968: International Biennale of Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
1967: Biennale Internationale de Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
1965: Babel 65, Musée Galliera, Paris, France
L'Art Latino Américain, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1964: Monparnasse haute, Margarete Lauter Galerie, Mannheim, Germany
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition de l'Art latino american, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1963: Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition de l'Art latino Americain, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1962: L'Objet, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition de l'Art Latino Americain, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1961: Art Cubain Contemporain, Gallerie du Dragon
Galerie Suzanne de Connink, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition Internacionale du Surréalisme, D'Arcy Gallery, New York, NY
1960: Cent sculpteurs de Daumier à nos jours, Musée de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
1959: Exposition internationale du Surréalisme, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, France
Galerie de La Cour d'Ingres, Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
1957: Hommage de la Sculpture a Brancusi, Paris, France
Galerie Suzanne de Connink, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1956: Gallery L'Etoile Scellée, Paris, France
Galerie Suzanne de Connink, Paris, France
Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, France
1954: Contemporary Plastic, Havana, Cuba
1950: IV Exposición Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

Public Collections

: Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
: Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
: Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
: Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
: Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
: National Museum, La Havane, Cuba
: Musée d’Art Moderne, Caracas, Venezuela
: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Literature

2008: Pau-Llosa, Ricardo. Cárdenas, Agustín. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008

Agustín Cárdenas

(Cuban, 1927–2001)

Agustín Cárdenas

Agustín Cárdenas

Agustín Cárdenas

Agustín Cárdenas

Agustín Cárdenas

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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