Tricks of Memory - Exhibition by visiting Cuban artist Sarahy Martinez

Summary

An exhibition of drawings and paintingsby visiting Cuban artist Sarahy Martinez. Private view and meet Sarahy Thursday 27th June.

Description

Memory plays tricks on us. Sometimes we think we have forgotten, that the past has died,that ancient dreams have been passed over and then one fine day in front of a sheet of white paper thinking my mind is completely empty, objects I saw some day, songs which my grandparents sang, sorrows, hopes, materialise through the ink of the drawing …all that which is there in memory…

In Sarahy’s work, texts taken from songs, poems and famous phrases that are part of Cuban culture acquire new significance. The hummingbird, flowers, corn, and coffee are symbols Sarahy uses to let the viewer know who she is and where she is coming from.

Of all the symbols, the corn recurs most frequently. For Sarahy the corn is both the beginning and the end, reality and dream, man and divinity: “All the glory of the world fits inside one grain of corn”.

Following a series of UK exhibitions, 13 The Gallery is very pleased to count with the presence of Sarahy for the opening before she returns to Cuba.

Exhibition opening: private view with the opportunity to meet Sarahy - Thursday 27th June 6.30-9pm.

The exhibition will remain open 27th June-10th July.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Sarahy Martinez (b 1970) studied at the prestigious Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana. She masters a range of media and techniques and her works have ranged from paintings, drawings and engravings to installations.

Sarahy has had numerous exhibitions in Cuba since 1991 and, although her artworks are in private collections all over the world, this is the first time her works have been exhibited in Europe.

Besides pursuing her own work, she is Curator at the Galería de Arte 10 de Octubre in Havana.

Keywords: cuban culture, cuban art, painting

Artists / Speakers: Sarahy Martinez