{"id":11692,"date":"2013-08-01T01:52:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T01:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oncubamagazine.com\/?p=11692"},"modified":"2013-08-01T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T02:00:08","slug":"obbatalas-son-always-tells-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/magazine-articles\/obbatalas-son-always-tells-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Obbatal\u00e1\u2019s son always tells the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His work \u201calmost always\u201d has hidden symbols but he prefers for \u201cpeople to discover them,\u201d because one of Manuel Mendive\u2019s goals is to communicate with the public and for people to understand what he is saying, in an exchange that becomes a private conversation: \u201cWhen the simplest spectator\u2014someone who perhaps does not know who Pablo Picasso is\u2014is moved, I get excited. That really is magic,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Mendive was born in the densely populated Havana neighborhood of Luyan\u00f3 on Friday, Dec. 15, 1944, but he feels best when he is in touch with the land, with animals and plants, and that is why he now lives on his farm, Manto Blanco, on Las Peregrinas hill in Tapaste, on the outskirts of Havana. There, \u201ceven though I am isolated, I am never alone; I was born in Luyan\u00f3, but I was reborn here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This painter, draftsman, installation artist, engraver, muralist, set designer, graphic designer and performance artist is one of the most prestigious Cuban artists at home and abroad, and is viewed by many as being at the same level as virtuosos such as Servando Cabrera Moreno, Antonia Eiriz, Ra\u00fal Mart\u00ednez and Umberto Pe\u00f1a, something that motivates him to \u201cdo work that is good, worthy and courageous, for Cuba and for the world. That responsibility is not a burden; on the contrary, it is a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a son of [Yoruba goddess] Obbatal\u00e1, Manuel Mendive\u2014whose speech is deliberate and reflective\u2014told OnCuba in an exclusive interview that his cosmogony can be considered magical\/religious and based several pillars: the Yoruba religion, life, faith, mysticism, kindness, gentleness, and also anguish, and above all never lying. \u201cI always tell the truth, I say what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is a 1963 graduate of the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts, with a specialty in painting and sculpture, and is deeply grateful for his time at that institution, which gave him \u201cthe principles, the foundations, the knowledge; that is, all of the tools that an artist needs.\u201d And he remembers several of his professors with special affection, such as Fausto Ramos, Silvia Fern\u00e1ndez, Florencio Gelabert and Felipe Lorenz.<\/p>\n<p>Mendive was just 11 when he won an award in an international children\u2019s painting contest sponsored by UNESCO and the Morinaga Society for Praise of Mothers, based in Tokyo, Japan. His prize-winning painting was titled \u201cMam\u00e1,\u201d and it was a \u201cbeautiful, encouraging moment, my first incentive, especially because of the repercussion it had. I remember there was a ceremony at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (national fine arts museum), and the Japanese ambassador attended.\u201d Subsequently, he participated in several national painting, sculpture and drawing salons, and in 1968 he won the Adam Montparnasse collective award for \u201cYoung Painters,\u201d as part of the prestigious Salon de Paris, an event that he describes as \u201cwonderful,\u201d even though \u201cit was ignored in Cuba, but no matter; I was well-known and chosen. At that time I was in my 20s, and it was another significant step in my career. Applause helps, and so do good eyes. Encouragement is important, and unfortunately, not everybody is encouraging or knows how to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mendive is an artist who is known for working with a diversity of media, from the trunk of a palm tree to the pores of a canvas or a piece of poster paper; he confesses that it\u2019s because \u201cthe work asks for it, and wants it that way.\u201d The human body has been one of his favorite media; so-called body art\u2014that ancient tradition that combines dance and body makeup\u2014is something Mendive exploits extensively. While he is aware of the fact that it is an ephemeral art\u2014\u201cIsn\u2019t that how life is too?\u201d he asks\u2014he emphasizes that he was always interested in painting skin because \u201cI wanted to do what they did in ancient cultures, but in a different way. I wanted my work and my imagination to emerge from the body of a human being to create another being. Skin has a very beautiful texture and is synonymous with life. Every body has a different anatomy, leading you to insinuate images, and every person has his or her own energy. The bodies that I use don\u2019t have to be slim\u2014there are those that are thicker, younger, or older; they are all full of beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the continents he has visited, Africa is a special place; he has been welcomed by Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and Egypt, and many others. That is where our roots are, and he says that despite any differences, the essence is the same. \u201cThe feeling is the same, but what interests me the most is the relationship that exists: the body, skin, color, vegetation, animals, concepts, poetry\u2026it is all mixed together. I never feel strange or like a stranger in any country, because I think that everybody understands my art. When I was in Russia, that\u2019s how it was, just like when I was in Africa and Japan, or Egypt, or France, or Italy, or the United States\u2026. 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