A work by Cuban artist Alejandro Lorenzo Valdés (ALEVAL), based in the United States since 1993, has been incorporated into the Rodríguez Collection that underpins the holdings of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), in Florida.
Alejandro Lorenzo Valdés, ALEVAL, (Cuba, 1953), studied painting at the San Alejandro School of Art in Havana, Cuba, and currently works as a painter, poet, illustrator, storyteller and literary critic.
This artist’s work develops a symbolic and expressive figuration that explores the contradictions of the human condition, the relationships between the earthly and the divine, and the different ways in which human beings exercise power, violence or compassion.
Through hybrid characters, in which human and animal features merge, along with religious, allegorical and mythological references, ALEVAL builds scenes of a markedly narrative character, charged with drama, irony and ambiguity. His production spans painting, drawing, illustration and printmaking, and stands out for a personal iconography that combines fantastic imagination with a critical view of social and political reality.
The Rodríguez Collection and MoCAA thank the artist for his interest in establishing a bond with our team, and for his willingness to collaborate with our goals of local and international outreach.
