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A<br />

First cast in 1974, production initiated in 2002 at Fundición R. Buchhass (inscribed with foundry mark).<br />

Exhibited in<br />

Mario Carreno - Retrospective Exhibition, 1939-1993, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago de Chile, Chile,<br />

March-May 2004, and illustrated in the catalog, page 54.<br />

Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Nine, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,<br />

November 2010, page 70.<br />

Portrait of the<br />

Artist as a<br />

Gables Resident<br />

CORAL GABLES IS KNOWN FOR ITS ART GALLERIES, BUT WHAT ABOUT ITS ARTISTS?<br />

IN THIS FEATURE, WE PROFILE FOUR VISUAL ARTISTS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY AND<br />

HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN ITS GALLERIES, GARDENS, UNIVERSITIES OR PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.<br />

TWO OF THE ARTISTS COME FROM CUBA, ONE FROM VENEZUELA AND ONE FROM JAMAICA.<br />

ALL FOUR APPRECIATE CORAL GABLES FOR ITS WALKABILITY, GREENERY, CULTURAL OFFER-<br />

INGS AND DIVERSITY. ALL WORK AT LEAST PART-TIME FROM THEIR HOMES. HERE ARE OUR<br />

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOUR ARTISTS... IN THEIR OWN WORDS<br />

By Doreen Hemlock<br />

Photography by Jon Braeley<br />

INTO THE BIG BLUE by JACQUELINE GOPIE<br />

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