Agustín Fernández Cuban, 1928-2006

Leon Tovar Gallery is pleased to present Chromatic Choreopgraphy, a celebratory exploration of vibrant interplay and serene balance, showcasing the distinguished works of Latin American artists whose ingenious explorations in...

As Agustín Fernández’s art unfolded, it embraced the complexities of a world increasingly defined by industrialization and dehumanization. Thus, his work engages with the dichotomy between the body as a source of pleasure and as a tool of work. In Navigating the Line, we invite you to look into the enigmatic path laid by Agustín Fernández and witness how he forged a unique and biomorphic style of his own. Bodily and machinelike,

"[h]is artistic renderings lead to a metaphysical contemplation of human fragility and the dignity of suffering. Perhaps it is precisely because of those challenges, not despite them, that Fernández’s work is so exquisitely rendered, demonstrating that life is both suffering and joy, pain and pleasure." [3]

– Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta

Through this exhibition, Leon Tovar Gallery aims to emphasize the non-dualistic visual language Agustín Fernández brilliantly constructed and depicts how this language developed and evolved throughout his multiple periods living in France, Puerto Rico, and New York. Finally, Fernadez’s hybridity exemplifies a commonality in Latin American art at large: accentuating inherent multifacetedness, foreign influences, in-betweens, overcoming precedence, and harmoniously navigating it all.

Born in Cuba in 1928, Fernández received his art education from the Academy of San Alejando in Havana, before attending New York’s Art Students League, where he studied with George...