Ivan Cuba's festival of arts
Artist's Book
ca. 1990 (published)
ca. 1990 (published)
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'Ivan Cuba's festival of arts' starts with a detailed autobiography of the artist and goes on to present his self-styled 'Time Warp Paintings' in the form of a bound portfolio of prints. The works presented have the quality of rubber stamp art and are produced either in monochrome or are multi-coloured with bold blocks of added colour. The works in the portfolio evidently draw on Cuba's travels and experiences and also present his highly individual theories on art. A wide range of themes and motives are evident, including a preoccupation with nudes and dinosaurs ('Cuba being the first to paint naked maidens with actual dinosaurs'). Many works demonstrate the artist's unique wit, for example in the form of hoax newspaper articles featuring the artist himself. Artistic influences in evidence include cartoons, Pop Art and rubber stamp art. The distinctly international flavour of the work is underlined by the captions in English, French, Italian or Spanish.
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Title | Ivan Cuba's festival of arts (published title) |
Brief description | Artist's book, 'Ivan Cuba's festival of arts', by Ivan Cuba, New York, ca. 1990 |
Physical description | Artist's book with monochrome and colour illustrations. Manuscript additions by the artist on last page and on leaf preceding title page, the latter reads 'Mss painted from hand engraved printing blocks'. Typewritten leaf of biographical info. on the artist mounted on upper pastedown. Bound in cream cloth over boards ; title stencilled in blue ink on cover and spine. In English, with captions mainly in Spanish, Italian, English and French. Limited edition of 100 copies. 165 pages. |
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Summary | 'Ivan Cuba's festival of arts' starts with a detailed autobiography of the artist and goes on to present his self-styled 'Time Warp Paintings' in the form of a bound portfolio of prints. The works presented have the quality of rubber stamp art and are produced either in monochrome or are multi-coloured with bold blocks of added colour. The works in the portfolio evidently draw on Cuba's travels and experiences and also present his highly individual theories on art. A wide range of themes and motives are evident, including a preoccupation with nudes and dinosaurs ('Cuba being the first to paint naked maidens with actual dinosaurs'). Many works demonstrate the artist's unique wit, for example in the form of hoax newspaper articles featuring the artist himself. Artistic influences in evidence include cartoons, Pop Art and rubber stamp art. The distinctly international flavour of the work is underlined by the captions in English, French, Italian or Spanish. |
Other number | X940103 |
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Library number | 38041994109197 |
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Record created | April 30, 2014 |
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