Agustín Fernández (artist)

Agustín Fernández (16 April 1928  - 2 June 2006) was a Cuban painter, sculptor, and multimedia artist. Although he was born in Cuba, he spent the majority of his career outside of Cuba, and produced art in Havana, Paris, San Juan, and New York.

Agustín Fernández
BornApril 16, 1928
Havana, Cuba
DiedJune 2, 2006
New York, United States of America
NationalityCuban
MovementSurrealism
Spouse(s)Maria Elena Molinet de la Caridad, Lia Fernández, née Epelboim

Fernández is considered to be a member of the surrealist school.[1] At the age of 11, Fernández began taking art lessons with Justicia de Leon, and, at the age of 20, Fernández enrolled in the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana. In the years that followed, Fernández worked in Cuba until he moved to Spain in 1953. In Spain, he audited courses at Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and enjoyed his first solo exhibition at Galería Buchholz in Madrid. In 1960, Fernandez moved to Paris, where he would live until he moved to San Juan, in 1968. In 1972, Fernández finally settled in New York, where he would work for the remainder of his life.

Recent Major exhibitions

2013 - "Form’s Transgressions: The Drawings of Agustín Fernández,"[2] The Snite Museum of Art

2014 - "Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealist,"[3] American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

2018 - "Paradoxe de la Jouissance,"[4] Mairie du 4e arrondissement, Paris, France

2019 - "Agustín Fernández: Armaduras,"[5] Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida

Collections

References
  1. Kuspit, Donald (2012). "The Fetishized Breast and the Phallic Woman: Agustín Fernández's Surreal Imagery". Agustín Fernández: The Metamorphosis of Experience. 5 Continents: 12.
  2. "Form's Transgressions: The Drawings of Agustín Fernández". The Snite Museum of Art.
  3. "Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealist | American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC". American University. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  4. "The Erotically Charged Technophilia of Cyberpunk Paintings". Hyperallergic. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  5. "Agustin Fernández: Armaduras". Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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  7. "Agustin Fernandez". Brooklyn Museum.
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  9. "Permanent Art Collection". Miami Dade Public Library System.
  10. "Agustín Fernández". Museum of Modern Art.
  11. Agustin Fernandez: a retrospective, October 30 - December 11, 1992. Catalogs. Frost Art Museum, The Art Museum at Florida International University. 1992.
  12. "Agustin Fernandez". Tucson Museum of Art.
  13. "Agustin Fernandez". Yale University Art Gallery.
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