Libro Arte Promocional Volumen 1.
Book is Very good.
Light unobtrusive creasing and soiling.
Inscription to inside front cover seems to read:
"Abelardo
With Deep
Friendship to the
King Creole
of Mail Art"
Perhaps Abelardo Mena?
Numbered at back limitation page.
Scarce collection of drawings, printmaking, comic art, and more by Cuban artists published by Havana-based Banco De Ideas Z in a numbered edition of 250 in 1994. Banco De Ideas Z is a collective and its members at this time were: Ludovico, Abelardo Mena, Jorge Alejandro Camacho, Rodolfo Arronde López, Sandra Rodriguez Rivalta, Carmen Cintra Romeu, and Juan Carlos Herrera Verano.
Featured artists: C. Alexis Abreu Barizonte, Carlos R. Aguilera, Yoel Almaguer, Ernesto Benitez, Mario David S. Camacho, Raúl Castillo Griñán, Osvaldo Castillo Vázquez, Jose Luis Fariñas, Ania González González, Pedro Hernandez Dopico, Ludovico (Eugenio Blanco Rodriguez), Angel Francisco Manzanet, Alfredo Martirena Hernández, Mayari, José García Montebravo, Luis Noa Rodriguez, Alfonso Salazar Gomez, Raciel J. Quarez González, Madelin Tamayo, Rei̇neri̇o Tamayo Méndez, Ernesto Triana Lopez, and Osvaldo Triana Lopez.
"Forty works by twenty-four Cuban visual artists are featured in Volume I of this promotional art-book project. This ongoing outreach initiative, open to all Cuban artists, complements various lines of work pursued by Banco de Ideas Z to promote contemporary visual art with a cultural focus. Moving beyond personal or institutional inertia, internalized paternalism, or the almost obligatory reference to the socioeconomic context, BIZ works with modest resources and firm resolve—steadily and without pause—toward national and international recognition for Cuban artists and the integration of art into other sociocultural spheres. This volume gives voice and space to diverse individual artistic visions and genres: from the draftsman grappling with the signs of "the real" to the postmodern appropriator, the graphic humorist, and the folk or naïve artist. They appear together because they all have value. Talent is not the exclusive province of any single group; the contemporary artistic fabric is woven from the contributions of all these creators. To provide basic information about the artists, the publication includes a brief summary of their professional backgrounds. In addition to details regarding their specialization and studies, the artists' first and most recent exhibitions are listed; an (P.) indicates a solo exhibition, while a (C.) denotes a group exhibition.
This promotional art book remains open to all artists wishing to participate. For researchers, critics, cultural promoters, and the general public, it will serve as a source of information, reference, and insight into a multifaceted dimension of Cuban culture: the visual arts."
- Introductory text.
