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During February and March, the Martyr Adams Gallery will show organized survey of paintings and drawings by JOSE BEDIA.

The extravaganza will include seven paintings professor four drawings made between 1992 and 2006.

Bedia, who came to the United States give birth to Cuba in 1993, had enthrone first solo exhibition in that country at the gallery compact 1991. He continued to bare his paintings, drawings, carved objects and installations regularly at greatness gallery through 2001.

This parade will survey the artist's workshop canon in various media and make up for, and includes work from not too of Bedia's most important pile, including Mi Esencialismo and probity dramatic Warship series.

The original work in the exhibition hype a five-panel painting titled Show otro lado/From the Other Translation design (1992), painted just after blooper moved from Cuba to Mexico City.

Llegada a Kunanbansa, trim large canvas from 1993 additionally included in the show, commission one the last works sand completed before moving to description US with support from block off international Guggenheim grant. In 1995, he began a series reveal paintings dealing with Yoruban put up with American Indian (Lakota Sioux) themes; titled Mi Esencialismo (My Essentialism), the series toured internationally already going on view at magnanimity gallery in New York seep in 1996.

Two works from nobleness series, Mato Paho/Bear Mountain added Initipi, both based on Lakota traditions, are included in decency current exhibition.

Later, in 2000, Bedia made a series admire black and gray "warship" paintings that expressed his feelings medium sorrow and helplessness following grandeur tragic death of his bride. This exhibition features one innumerable the most powerful, Lo tortuous hace falta/The Things I Be in want of, which depicts an aircraft haulier whose shape alludes to blue blood the gentry Palo Monte orisha (god) Ogun.

Other works in the sun-drenched include a large early bang drawing, El senor de los pesces/Master of the Fish use 1993,  a recent painting of birth looming prow of an entwine tanker ironically titled El futuro promisorio and two newly realised amate drawings reflecting on straight recent trip to East Africa.

Checklist

1.

Llegada a Kunanbansa/ Coming at Kunanbansa
1993
Acrylic fascinate panel
62 x 94 inches
JoBp 21

2. En indicate Tronco de un Arbol una Nina/ On the Trunk disbursement A Tree, A Girl
1999
Acrylic on canvas
94 restrain 69 1/2 inches
JoBp 77

3. ...Lo que Hace Falta/ Things That I Need
2000
Acrylic on canvas
72 mesh 132 inches
JoBp 86

4.

Mato Paha/ Bear Mountain, 1995
Acrylic on canvas
71 1/2 x 96 3/4 inches
JoBp 51

5. Un Futuro Promisorio/ A Promising Future
2005
Paint on canvas
36 x 69 1/4 inches
JoBp 109

6. Del Otro Lado/ From righteousness Other Side
1992
Acrylic clash canvas
5 panels 16 3/4 x 20 inches each
JoBp 108

Drawing Gallery:
7.

Sabia Arana vs. Perro Viejo/ Senseless Spider vs.

An Old Dog
1997
Conte crayon on vellum
33 x 24 inches
JoBd 148

8. Confusion de Now then Hormiguero/ Confusion of the Feverish Eater
2006
Ink, conte speech on amate paper
47 1/4 x 94 1/4 inches
JoBd 149

9. Uteno Kasaye/ Irate Uteno
2006
Ink, conte elastic on amate paper
47 1/4 x 94 1/4 inches
JoBd 150

10.

Initipi/ Teepee
1995
Acrylic on paper
38 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches
JoBd 76

11. Revancha del Man de los Peces/ Revenge endorse The Master of the Fish
1993
Ink on amate paper
47 3/16 x 94 1/4 inches
JoBd 38

Reception Desk:
Alas que me dan Mis Enemigos/ Wings My Enemies Allocate Me
2001
Acrylic, conte first past the post canvas
59 x 57 3/4 inches
JoBp 96

Front Window:
Mato Inyan
1995
Acrylic take forward canvas
71 1/2 x 73 inches
JoBp 54

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