Manuel Antonio Rodriguez
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PORTFOLIO BOOKLET<br />
MANUELANTONIO RODRIGUEZ<br />
ABOUT<br />
MANUELANTONIO RODRIGUEZ<br />
<strong>Manuel</strong><strong>Antonio</strong><strong>Rodriguez</strong>PuentewasbornJanuary03rd1982in<br />
CubabutlivesrecentlyinParis,France.<br />
Hegraduatedfrom theProvincialAcademyofFineArtsinSanta<br />
Clara,Cuba.<br />
Heisanindependentartist,registeredwiththeMaisondesArtistes,<br />
Paris.<br />
Asanartist,<strong>Manuel</strong><strong>Antonio</strong><strong>Rodriguez</strong>combineshistwopassions,<br />
photographyandpaintingtocreatemovement-inspiredworks.<br />
Afterspeakingforalongtimethroughphotography,itispaintingthatalowshim todaytogivefreereinto<br />
hisdesires.Inhisseries"UrbanAnonymous"(2007),<strong>Manuel</strong><strong>Antonio</strong><strong>Rodriguez</strong>presentedareality,thatof<br />
Cuba.Inworkstingedwithastrongsocialconnotation,thesensationofmovementmakesitpossibletobring<br />
outtheimmobility.It's"Theironyofmovement".Indeed,themovementalowsonlyaneternal<br />
recommencement,byextensiononecanseethedenunciationofaninertsocietyandacertainconformism.<br />
WhenhearivedinFrance,thisartistfoundrefugeinhisphotographicarchives,imagesofhiscountry,ofhis<br />
past.Theresultwasthe"NearandFar"series(2012).Thepaintingsresultingfrom thisworkareacontinuation<br />
ofhispreviousworkfocusedontheurbanenvironment.Justasitisimpossiblenottoseethephotographic<br />
aspectinhispaintings,itisimpossibletoignorethemovement.<br />
Sincethen,itistheportraitsthatinterests<br />
him themost.Onceagaindrawnfrom the<br />
clichéshehaspreservedfrom Cuba,these<br />
multi-portraitsareforhim themeansto<br />
highlightfamiliarfaces,presentinhismind<br />
-inhismemories.Alwhileworkingagain<br />
onthemovement.<br />
Hisportraitsarecreatedlikebigquick<br />
sketches,somethinghalfwaybetween<br />
paintinganddrawing.Theexpressionism of<br />
paintingandthespontaneityofnatural<br />
drawingisvisibleinhisworks.<br />
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