José Bedia Cuban, b. 1959
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José BediaAbre Nkuto, Muchacho Nuevo”(Open your ear, young man) , 1989/2017Installation, acrylic on canvas, metal objects, sticks
274 x 305 cm
107 7/8 x 120 1/8 in -
José BediaKindembo Sarabanda Malongo Yaya arriba ntoto, 2009Acrylic / canvas182 x 464 cm
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José BediaEl Burro que fui (Jackass), 2010Acrylic collage /heavy paper140 x 310 cm
55 1/8 x 122 1/8 in -
José BediaMama, a la Negrita se le Siguen Saliendo los Pies de la Cunita (Mama, the black girl still has her feet out of the cradle), 2014acrylic, oil, crayon, ink, collage on bark paper204 x 120 cm
80 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
Few Cuban artists have developed a body of work as coherent and original as that of José Bedia. Although he isone of the most outstanding examples in the history of art in Cuba and Latin America, and he has also received international acknowledgement, his true importance has not yet been fully recognized. In his paintings, drawings and installations, José Bedia has not only used a hive of cultural references from Cuba, but also from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, focussing on those that western civilization, with its technological vanity and false idea of progress, has considered underdeveloped, backward or pre-modern
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Without Masks at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Curated by Orlando Hernández 28 Jul - 22 Oct 2017Following successful exhibitions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2010 and the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, in 2014, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Watch Hill Foundation...Read more -
Without Masks at Johannesburg Art Gallery
Curated by Orlando Hernández 23 May 2010Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) The first succesfully exhibition of 'Without Masks: Contemporary Afrocuban Art' was at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in 2010, to coincide with the hosting of the...Read more
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An Exhibition of Afro-Cuban Art Unmasks The Legacy Of Racism in Cuba
By Yoli (Yoanna) Terziyska February 16, 2021At the heart of the exhibition Sin Máscaras ( Without Masks ), currently at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, is the inherent...Read more -
José Bedia “Watering Past Ground”
October 23, 2018José Bedia is one of the most prominent Cuban artists in the contemporary art world. Major influences in his work include the Afro-Cuban religion Palo...Read more -
PÉREZ — BOTH MAN AND MUSEUM — LOOK ACROSS THE HORIZON TO CUBA. HERE’S WHAT THEY SEE.
Siobhan Morrissey July 23, 2018One of the oft-touted strategies of real estate is to buy the least expensive property in the best neighborhood. The opposite approach is true for...Read more -
Chris von Christierson’s Decade-Long Afro-Cuban Art Odyssey
By Nicholas Forrest for Blouin Art info September 12, 2017“Without Masks” at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Havana, Cuba is an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Without Masks: Contemporary...Read more