{"id":187759,"date":"2018-10-15T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=187759"},"modified":"2018-10-14T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T18:35:18","slug":"montoto-change-of-direction-or-continuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/visual-arts\/montoto-change-of-direction-or-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Montoto: Change of Direction or Continuity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watermelons, coconuts, squashes, eggplants, mangoes, cucumbers, garlic, eggs, papayas, onions and peppers, among many others\u2026, have been assiduously and successfully represented in the work of outstanding plastic artist Arturo Montoto and, although he confesses he \u201cwill never abandon those icons,\u201d in his most recent personal exposition titled Dark there is a change of direction that surprises the spectator used to enjoying the exquisite textures and fleshy aspects of the fruits that confuse and entrap us with the splendid pallet full of color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Dark \u2013 displayed last August in the Gorr\u00eda Gallery Workshop under the sponsorship of renowned Cuban actor Jorge Perugorr\u00eda and which is located in the barrio of San Isidro, in colonial Havana \u2013 Montoto (Pinar del R\u00edo, 1953) retakes sculpture but on this occasion \u2013 and for the first time \u2013 based on large format: four sculptures and four canvases that demonstrate the intellectual solidity of the artist, his ethics and his unbiased stand when making a change of direction? or a coherent continuity? in his sustained work.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-187759 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/visual-arts\/montoto-change-of-direction-or-continuity\/attachment\/esculturamontoto_01\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-187761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_01-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-187761'>\n\t\t\t\tDividendo, 2018, Resin and fiberglass, 185 x 300 x 100 cm\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/visual-arts\/montoto-change-of-direction-or-continuity\/attachment\/esculturamontoto_02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-187762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_02-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-187762'>\n\t\t\t\tMaldeojo, 2018, Resin and fiberglass, 116 x 165 cm\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Resin and fiberglass are the support of the four singular sculptures created by Montoto and from them he emits signs, roads, concerns and accents that pass through an excellent dominion of the technique and through the intellectual questionings that have been \u2013 and are \u2013 a constant in the work of this painter, draftsman, engraver, sculptor and photographer, who graduated from Moscow\u2019s Surikov Academy with a Master\u2019s in Fine Arts in the specialty of painting: the rigor and acute teaching of the Russian academy is perhaps the solid foundation that holds up his creative building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the four sculptures the creator has magnified elements extracted from his painting \u2013 the egg, the watermelon, the baseball and the basket \u2013 and he has reinterpreted and decontextualized them from the two-dimensional work, for example, Mal de ojo \u2013 1.60 cm x 1.65 cm \u2013 shows us a broken egg whose yolk floats on the white: \u201cfrom the technical point of view, I had a hard time achieving this effect; on the other hand the egg has dissimilar symbolic meanings because not only is it consumed as food but also in many religious rituals,\u201d he revealed in an exclusive conversation with OnCuba Travel Magazine. Agua y carb\u00f3n, made using resin, fiberglass and esparto \u2013 1.25 cm x 1.50 cm \u2013 is a basket that, being a container, cannot retain liquids: \u201cit is impossible to store water in a basket and that, somehow, is a type of philosophical thinking. There is also coal\u2019s association with the black.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The watermelon is used by Montoto in his paintings: it is a very beautiful fruit, of a tremendous splendor, which provides great expressive possibilities; that slice gives the idea of a barge. But it is also the Dividendo, \u201cthe portion we get of something that is complete, that is to say, that we can only get a portion of the watermelon.\u201d Sutura is a black baseball with pink backstitches: \u201cthe seam recalls that of a surgical operation and, although I am not connoisseur nor do I enjoy baseball like the majority of Cubans, I resort to baseball \u2013 the national sport \u2013 as part of our culture; it is an element that cannot be detached from what we call Cubanness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contrary to what could be thought \u2013 given that realism and figuration are an inherent characteristic of his work \u2013 Montoto\u2019s vision is \u201cmore sculptural than pictorial\u201d and we become aware of this when observing the constant optic effects and the textures he clings to in order to achieve that sensation of volume: \u201cI am very pleased with these large-format sculptures, among other reasons because I feel small in relation to them. It\u2019s a very gratifying sensation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-187759 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/visual-arts\/montoto-change-of-direction-or-continuity\/attachment\/esculturamontoto_03\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_03-288x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-187763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_03-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_03-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_03-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_03-750x781.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_03-1140x1187.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-187763'>\n\t\t\t\tV\u00e9rtigo de Mediod\u00eda, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">V\u00e9rtigo de mediod\u00eda, Conjuros, Discurso primario and La muerte del beh\u00edque are the four canvases that round off the curatorial discourse or the poetics of Dark, pieces rooted in abstraction, something that for some time has been reflected in Montoto\u2019s work: suffice it to lift or extract the figurative elements and stop on the backgrounds to understand that he is basically an abstract painter. Another of the artist\u2019s self-purposes was to neutralize the color: \u201cI didn\u2019t want prominence or any type of reading possibilities &#8211; \u00a0neither aestheticizing nor ideologicizing &#8211; and I set out to make the images, or the things that would be part of these paintings, objects of the Cuban\u2019s most trivial daily life; I accumulated things, but without any type of hierarchy to avoid the clich\u00e9, that is to say, to not reach the point of boxing what is Cuban in the palm tree or the boh\u00edo thatched-roof hut. Those elements undoubtedly form part of what is ours, but they aren\u2019t the only ones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the fact that black prevails, Dark is not a somber, gloomy or sinister proposal but rather a personal way of neutralizing the colors that have to do with a certain sentiment: \u201cit could be that in recent times my state of mind has not been the best and I probably felt less happy; it is obvious that when there is a long period of sorrow, it spills onto the proposal. On the other hand, I consciously aimed to deny the previous and I feel that what is to come is a transition that will take me to the other end, to everything that is contrary to white.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To all those who \u201care concerned because I\u2019m on an abstract path,\u201d Montoto specifies, \u201cI can assure them that I will never abandon the fruits that have given me so much recognition; I enjoy that type of painting. I\u2019m extremely pleased with what I have achieved and I\u2019m not interested in the artistic currents, nor toward where they aim to redirect the art that, unfortunately, has become a manipulation of the media, the market and on occasions even institutional. I continue doing what I consider I must do and how I must do it and I need, first of all, to please myself because the artist who doesn\u2019t satisfy himself, satisfies no one,\u201d he emphatically concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/EsculturaMontoto_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187764\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esculturamontoto_04.jpg\" alt=\"Sutura, 2018, Resin, fiberglass and cotton, 180 cm in diameter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esculturamontoto_04.jpg 671w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esculturamontoto_04-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">INVITATION TO READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arturo Montoto lives, dreams and creates in his studio-workshop located in the town of Guanabacoa \u2013 the cradle of maestro Ernesto Lecuona, of the unequaled Rita Montaner and the unforgettable Ignacio Villa, Bola de Nieve -, from where he builds his own universe and walks along the most undreamed-of creative paths: recognized for his representation of fruits that emanate and transpire their own smell from the canvas, he now winks at abstraction and constricts his palette to the color black and also approaches large-format sculpture. There\u2019s no reason to worry: \u201cfor next year I\u2019m preparing a surprise. I will make an exposition with the fruits, but with new characteristics,\u201d he reveals to OnCuba Travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LOCATION:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_montoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187765 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_montoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_montoto.jpg 213w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_montoto-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_montoto-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Address of the studio-workshop: 170 M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez Street, corner of Lamas, Guanabacoa, Havana<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:montoto@cubarte.cult.cu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">montoto@cubarte.cult.cu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telephone: 77975402 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cellphone: 52746200, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Website: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arturomontoto.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.arturomontoto.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can find this article and more in our N\u00b049 Magazine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watermelons, coconuts, squashes, eggplants, mangoes, cucumbers, garlic, eggs, papayas, onions and peppers, among many others\u2026, have been assiduously and successfully represented in the work of outstanding plastic artist Arturo Montoto and, although he confesses he \u201cwill never abandon those icons,\u201d in his most recent personal exposition titled Dark there is a change of direction that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2480,"featured_media":187760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13919],"tags":[291,17492,14850,14851,17494,17493],"ppma_author":[33682,7146],"class_list":["post-187759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-arts","tag-art","tag-arturo-montoto","tag-cuban-arts","tag-cuban-culture-es","tag-cuban-paintings","tag-visual-arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Montoto: Change of Direction or Continuity? 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