{"id":86836,"date":"2017-02-27T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=86836"},"modified":"2018-10-02T22:15:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T02:15:47","slug":"andy-a-non-conformist-abstract-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/andy-a-non-conformist-abstract-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy: A Non-Conformist Abstract Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Rivero (Havana, 1965) is a contemporary visual artist who from the beginning opted for abstract art. This creator develops his work in two important areas: painting and engraving, and perhaps is the Cuban abstract painter who has devoted the longest time to the multiple original. Three decades ago, the Havana Experimental Engraving Workshop opened its doors to him and, since then, he has been producing non-stop. Because of the excellent opportunities provided by collaging in terms of textures it is perhaps the technique that most suits the work of Andy who, moreover, has created very well authenticated and structured monotypes from the conceptual, aesthetic and technical point of view.<\/p>\n

Recently while talking with artist Pedro de Ora\u00e1, 2015 National Prize for Visual Art, about the work of Andy Rivero he made the following observation: \u201che is a painter who classifies as an abstract artist, but has his feet on the ground which is why I like to reiterate that he is a non-abstract abstract artist; for him ivory towers don\u2019t exist nor is he daydreaming. One feels that his work is very close to the reality that surrounds him.\u201d<\/p>\n

And maestro Ora\u00e1 is completely right because Andy\u2019s work, although it meets the requirements of the best abstractionism, is constantly managing concepts, notions that he deposits on the canvas, or the metal plate, with a very personal way of doing that little by little \u2013 throughout more than 30 years \u2013 has been creating a seal that distinguishes and identifies him.<\/p>\n