Cuban Artist Antonio Nuñez brings his mix of
printing, collage and assemblage to the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art at
the University of Connecticut’s Avery Point Campus in Groton an exhibit presented by The Latin Network for the Visual Arts (www.lnva.us).
The opening for the works of the artist, who was selected as the Latin Network for the Visual Arts' 2013 Artist of the Year, is Friday, Sept. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The 13-piece exhibit, curated by Julia Pavone, runs from Sept. 13
through October 17. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m.,
or by special arrangement.
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Nuñez,
who lives in Miami, returns to the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, where he
showcased several mixed-media pieces from his series “por el amor al mar” (for
love of the sea) in the Latin Views 2010 biennial contemporary art exhibition produced by the Latin Network for the Visual Arts based in Gales Ferry. The LNVA selects artists to exhibit in the years when it is not producing its international biennial exhibit.
LNVA Co-Founders Mimi and Gastón Daumy cemented a friendship with Nuñez in 2010,
visiting him several times at his Miami
home and observing a change in style in which he created works using his own
drawings and collage.
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“These new works had a richness that struck Gastón and I as something novel and very creative,” Mimi said.
His mixed-media exhibit includes colorful assemblages mixing reality and fantasy, showcasing a three-dimensional world with a strong use of color, mixes, shadows and light.
Born in the countryside near Havana, Nuñez grew up fascinated with drawing and painting. He remembers being with his grandfather, gathering any material and media he could find to make pictures.
“The
art I create provides me with the opportunity to escape from my daily reality,” the 62-year-old said in his artist’s statement. “It is an approach to a
whimsical and imaginary realm, where memories and fantasies are brought to
light.”
He said he bases the reference point for his works on old cultures within a
cosmological vision dealing with today’s human, social and spiritual context.
Influenced by Cuban-born artist Baruj Salinas in 1995, Nuñez developed a new approach to his art. He has exhibited in solo and collective art shows in Connecticut,
Florida, New Jersey, Paris and Rome. He also has done illustrations for publications and completed a project for a hotel in Washington, D.C.
He began his journey by finishing college and working on prototypes and artistic products at a factory for the Cuban Department of Agriculture, according to biographical information on Nuñez on the ArtistaMundo website.
Still working at the factory, his artistic endeavors garnered attention and he
enrolled in the National School of Design, graduating in 1978. Two years later, he came to America with the Mariel Flotilla.
Contact information :
Mimi Daumy: mdaumy@lnva.us 860-464-2186
Gastón
O. Daumy: godaumy@lnva.us 860-464-2186
Tony
Nuñez: abexucal@yahoo.com 305-297-6141
Julia
Pavone: julia.pavone@uconn.edu 860-405-9052
Rosanne Smyle: Beachrose232@gmail.com 860-536-0854
