Coconut Grove Gallery Night May 1, 2010

RODEZart.com Gallery, located on the second floor of CocoWalk, next to Crazy Pianos, invites you to join them on Coconut Grove Gallery Nights, the first Saturday of every month, from 7 pm to 10 pm.

Come out and enjoy the great Grove ambiance, and visit the other galleries all within walking distance, such as GroveHouse Artists on Mary Street, Windisch-Hunt Fine Art on Grand Ave., Cristina Chacon Studio Gallery and Nomade Gallery on Commodore Plaza, Blu Moon Studio of Art on Main Highway, and Coconut Grove Arts Festival and the Art Stroll at Mayfair.

Join us on Saturday, May 1, 2010, during Coconut Grove Gallery Night from 7 to 10pm, as I present "Caribe" (kə-ˈrē-bē), a retrospective exhibition of my Caribbean works; a search of my culture and roots, in the main gallery.
Cuba’s past comes alive in Caribe. The images come to life with bold, vivid colors like that of the stained glass windows of old Cuban architecture. I use subjects and images that would normally be used in folkloric Cuban paintings and give them a modern pop-ish twist. What I accomplish in creating this body of work is a sense of voyaging back to Cuba, transforming it, and making it fresh and new, as if never touched by 51 years of stagnation. The works act as a defibrillator bringing back to life the Cuba, Before Castro, and foretelling of the possibilities of a new beginning for the lost island of ruins.

Although I was born in Manhattan, New York, I have found a connection with my heritage and culture by fusing a life-style that I never knew with the modern day existence of the Cuban-American experience in Miami. It is a mixture of the old with the new, the Cuban and the American, the Caribbean and the African, all rolled up into one delicious palette of colors.

A percentage of all sales during the evening will be donated to the American Red Cross' International Response Fund benefiting Haiti's recovery.

For more information, please contact RODEZart.com Gallery at 786-543-7237 or email at [email protected]

Official Website: http://rodezart.com/RODEZart_Gallery.html