The Cuban artist Eduardo Ponju\u00e1n (Pinar del R\u00edo, 1956), was awarded this year’s National Arts Award for his lifetime achievement as a creator. Graduated from the National School of Art in 1978 and ISA 1983, Ponju\u00e1n has over thirty solo and group exhibitions.<\/p>\n
Conceptualism is perhaps the main feature in Ponju\u00e1n production. The idea behind the whole from a part that ends in a drawing to installation. Reflection on the nature of artistic production, the work and its meaning are essential when approaching his creations.<\/p>\n
Eduardo Ponju\u00e1n works are in the collections of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana and at the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, as well as in the collections of Peter Ludwig Forum (Aachen, Germany), J\u00fcrgen Harten, Dusseldorf, and Nina Menocal, Mexico, DF. He has won several awards throughout his career: First Prize of Provincial Exhibition of Fine Arts in his native Pinar del R\u00edo, the shared Prize City Hall, First Prize Salon Award and the First Prize of Collage in Malta Biennale.<\/p>\n
The National Arts Award, awarded by the National Council of Plastic Arts, was presented for the first time in 1994 and is awarded annually to a Cuban visual artist, living and residing in the country, whose production is distinguished by provide valuable contribution to the development and history of the visual arts in Cuba. It also considers his accomplishments and his national and international projection.<\/p>\n
For this occasion 25 cultural institutions across the country submitted their proposals and was appointed a jury of prestigious personalities of the visual arts, chaired by the last year\u2019s National Award Ever Fonseca. The nominees this year were the artists Jos\u00e9 Juli\u00e1n Aguilera Vicente, Zaida del R\u00edo, Eduardo Roca ( Choco ) , Alexis Leyva ( Kcho ), Roberto Salas ( Salitas ) Lesbia Vent Dumois , Lescay Alberto , Jos\u00e9 Antonio Choy , L\u00e1zaro Saavedra, Flora Fong, Corratg\u00e9 Salvador , Manuel Hern\u00e1ndez Vald\u00e9s, and Jos\u00e9 Manuel Ernesto Ranca\u00f1o Fors .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Cuban artist Eduardo Ponju\u00e1n (Pinar del R\u00edo, 1956), was awarded this year’s National Arts Award for his lifetime achievement as a creator. Graduated from the National School of Art in 1978 and ISA 1983, Ponju\u00e1n has over thirty solo and group exhibitions. Conceptualism is perhaps the main feature in Ponju\u00e1n production. The idea behind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1812,"featured_media":18737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13930],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[33635],"class_list":["post-18747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technologies-of-communication-and-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n