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Mixed technique on canvas, 200 x 245 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objects Montoto creates represent the material side of past existences, traces left by human beings throughout their lives and recycled through artistic gestures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But not only that. In every home, there is a pot that has been used for more than three generations, or a mother-of-pearl box where the girl who was once the grandmother kept her trophies from various amorous battles. \u201cLived\u201d things are charged with an energy and meaning that modernity, increasingly fleeting, cannot bury. This applies equally to a Palo Monte nganga (\u201cSortilegio\u201d) as it does to a Mexican molcajete (\u201cConsagraci\u00f3n\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_326272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326272\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MONTOTO-A-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326272\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MONTOTO-A-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MONTOTO-A-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MONTOTO-A-1-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-326272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cSortilegio,\u201d 2021. Mixed technique on canvas, 180 x 205 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montoto knows this. His artistic operation is not nostalgic, but affirmative. He falls in love with the figures of everyday objects that seem stylized to us today, not because of their vintage flavor, but because they speak of a time when utility and beauty went hand in hand, and because from their origins, their mission was, ultimately, to endure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the cave in the exhibition\u2019s title have anything to do with Plato\u2019s allegory? Remember that for this philosopher, the ideal was to capture with equal accuracy the sensible world and the intelligible world, something like what is felt and what can be reasoned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can\u2019t help but relate Montoto\u2019s work to this formulation, since the almost realistic quality of his paintings is not limited to that \u2014 to representing a given object with more or less artistic veracity as we perceive it \u2014 but also reveals the intrinsic meaning of what is represented, something that challenges us in an inexcusable way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201ccave\u201d can also allude to the primal ages of human beings and the supposed precariousness in which they lived. Precariousness from the perspective of the present, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recently renovated Casa de la Cultura in Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n aims to rescue its rich tradition with first-class exhibitions and activities. And this exhibition by Arturo Montoto is a firm step in that direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the artist, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una visita a la caverna\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">represents a reunion with admirers and friends after two years away from the country\u2019s galleries. His previous solo exhibition, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilusiones perdida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, at Artis 718 gallery in 2023, also incurred that deep-rooted tenebrism where color is absent, in favor of concentrating the gaze on the essence of what is represented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an exhibition not to be missed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/separador-pequeno-1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-246754\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/separador-pequeno-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"66\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>What<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una visita a la caverna<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a painting exhibition by Arturo Montoto<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Casa de la Cultura in Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n, Calzada and 8th Street, Vedado<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>When<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Until the end of August. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How much<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Free entry<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition is underway on a lesser-known aspect of the painter\u2019s work: pieces in which implements, tools and everyday objects take center 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