
{"id":292856,"date":"2023-12-09T18:16:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=292856"},"modified":"2023-12-09T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T23:16:12","slug":"retablo-cubano-kilometer-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/visual-arts\/retablo-cubano-kilometer-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRetablo cubano,\u201d kilometer zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you doubt there is art collecting in Cuba, you have to meet Juan Carlos Romero (Havana, 1964). Or maybe you have, but don\u2019t know about the treasures that this professional photographer jealously keeps in his house in the former industrial neighborhood of Luyan\u00f3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On three occasions he tried to enter the San Alejandro Academy (1985, 1986, and 1987), and each time the same thing happened: he passed the drawing tests with flying colors, but, in his own words, he \u201cwas defeated by the color.\u201d So he took the camera and, since 2004, began photographing artists and works of art for specialized Cuban publications, until in 2016 he started working for the National Museum of Fine Arts, where he remains to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292859\" style=\"width: 758px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292859\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-5-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-5-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-5-1-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-5-1-750x1069.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Somonte. N\/t, 2017. Oil on wood, 35.5 x 25 cm. (From the collection \u201cMart\u00ed, el Ap\u00f3stol\u201d)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s difficult to work in the field of contemporary Cuban art without going to Juan Carlos\u2019s photographic archive. He is also good at giving references and fostering contacts since his helpful and smiling disposition opens all doors. Proof of this are the impressive collections that he has been putting together, many of whose pieces come from his frequenting artists, with whom he usually forges a relationship that goes beyond the professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I knew about his \u201cRetablo cubano\u201d (Cuban altarpiece), but my information was fragmented. So we met at my home on one of these days of the indecisive Havana winter to talk about our common passion. The dialogue, zigzagging, jumped from one topic to another, from one artist to another, from one work to another that hangs on my walls. Still, I managed to corner him journalistically.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292860\" style=\"width: 1076px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292860\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1076\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-2-1-750x753.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elsa Mora. N\/t, 1999. Mixed on wood, 15 x 15 cm. (From the \u201cRetablo cubano\u201d collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Retablo cubano<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collection began to be conceived in 1994 when he was documenting the work of Roberto Fabelo, who at that time was putting together a kind of altarpiece with interchangeable pieces painted on wood. Romero then set out to create his own altarpiece but from the collecting angle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His would also be works on wood, measuring 15 x 15 centimeters, due to all those Cuban artists who were able to contribute to the project. At first, it would be one piece by artist, but some of them welcomed the idea so warmly that they delivered several works; even, with time, and seeing the importance that the altarpiece is having, some have asked to replace their original contribution with another \u201cof greater importance\u201d and more recent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think that by now it must have been clear, but I still emphasize it: the 532 paintings collected so far, due to 520 artists \u2014 from inside and outside the island \u2014 were made expressly for Juan Carlos\u2019 collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292864\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292864\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-6-1-750x556.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorian Aguero. N\/t, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 80 cm. (From the \u201cEscualos\u201d collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292863\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-9-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292863\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-9-1.jpg 627w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-9-1-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Padr\u00f3n. N\/t, 2016. Acrylic on canvased wood, 29.5 x 20.5 cm. (From the \u201cEscualos\u201d collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I ask him why the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retablo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has never been exhibited&#8230;. He tells me that he has had proposals to show it outside of Cuba; but the collection must begin to \u201cwalk\u201d here, in its own cultural sphere. In 2024 something may be finalized with the F\u00e1brica de Arte Cubano (FAC); also interest has been expressed from the United States and Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan Carlos thinks that the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retablo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;will have a long journey, and he patiently prepares for it. I want to know when the collection will close. He smiles and answers with another question: \u201cIs there an end to Cuban art? It continues to grow, adding consecrated people who have \u2018escaped\u2019 and emerging ones, showing the plural richness of a manifestation that expresses us in our singularity and with our deep contradictions. This note for <\/span><b>OnCuba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d he concludes, \u201cis kilometer zero of a journey that begins now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292862\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292862\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1-1024x1011.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-4-1-750x740.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Su\u00e1rez Blanco. N\/t, 2000. Mixed on wood, 15 x 15 cm. (From the \u201cRetablo cubano\u201d collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292861\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292861\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1-768x754.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-3-1-750x737.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luis Enrique Camejo. N\/t, 2000. Mixed on wood, 15 x 15 cm. (From the \u201cRetablo cubano\u201d collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mart\u00ed, bills, sharks<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although as a collector Juan Carlos accepts himself as eclectic, three other thematic lines move him: Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed, sharks and the intervened paper money \u2014 not only from Cuba. With the theme of Mart\u00ed there are, so far, 50 works; there are 20 that have sharks as their center, and there are 197 intervened bills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collection of banknotes began with Cuban paper money from before 1959, but then extended to the present day and even includes pieces from other countries illuminated by artists from those places, who empathize with the Cuban collector\u2019s fervor.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292865\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292865\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-8-1-750x356.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Fabelo. \u201cUn beso\u201d, 2016. Banknote from the Central Bank of Cuba and ink. (From the \u201cBilletes\u201d collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to know what the jewels, in a broad sense, of his patrimony would be. He tells me that there are very good paintings that are not subject to any of the themes we have been talking about, but the apple of his eye is the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retablo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026. He refuses to cite authors, because, if he did, he would have to include the complete list, without discrimination or forgetfulness.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292866\" style=\"width: 1072px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292866\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JUAN-CARLOS-ROMERO-RETABLO-CUBANO-1-1-750x739.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right and from top to bottom: works by G\u00f3lgota, Raciel G\u00f3mez, L\u00e1zaro Dom\u00ednguez, Harry Sam, Maikel Herrera, Santiago Hermes, Osmeyvi Ortega, Eduardo Molt\u00f3, Cristian Gonz\u00e1lez, Ram\u00f3n Vargas, Juan Carlos Verdial, Alejandro Sainz, William P\u00e9rez, Osvaldo D\u00edaz, Maidelina P\u00e9rez, Ignacio M\u00e9rida, Favier Felipe, Luis Felipe Oviedo, Julia Vald\u00e9s, Javier Guerra, Yampier Sardinas, Jorge Perugorr\u00eda, Diego Torres and Rafael P\u00e9rez. (One of the panels from the \u201cRetablo cubano\u201d collection, 110 x 110 cm.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway, I ask him about the pillars of our art to know if they are represented: Sosabravo, Mendive, Fabelo, Nelson Dom\u00ednguez, Zaida del R\u00edo, Forst, Pedro Pablo Oliva, the national awards for Plastic Arts&#8230; He says yes to everything, but does not give many details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWill you go to the inauguration of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retablo cubano<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Havana, when this is finalized?\u201d he asks me. I tell him that of course, I would try to write about the event and that I modestly offer to write the words for the catalog. He extends his hand to me, and with a Cuban smile, he blurts out: \u201cThen you will have all the details.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No less than 532 paintings by 520 Cuban artists make up Juan Carlos Romero\u2019s collection, which continues to grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3770,"featured_media":292858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13919],"tags":[15302],"ppma_author":[34037],"class_list":["post-292856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-arts","tag-cuban-art"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cRetablo cubano,\u201d kilometer zero | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No less than 532 paintings by 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