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Agustin Cárdenas Biography
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1927 |
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Born: in Matanzas, Cuba
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1943 - 1949 |
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Beaux-Arts Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
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1953 |
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received the Segundo Premio at the VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba
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1951 - 1955 |
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Member of Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC), Havana, Cuba
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1953 - 1955 |
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Member of the creative group Los Once, Havana, Cuba
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1955 |
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Awarded with the Silver Medal XXXVII, Salón de Bellas Artes, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
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1957 |
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Joined the Surrealist movement
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1968 |
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Started working in his studio in Nogent sur Marne, France
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1976 |
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Awarded with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and with the Fujisankey Biennal Prize at the Hakone Open Air Museum, Fujisankey, Japan
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1995 |
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Received the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas by the Cuban Ministry of Culture
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2002
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"Desires and Grace", Haim Chanin Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
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2000
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"Abstract Art: Tono a Tono", Salón de la Solidaridad, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
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1999
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"Art-World in Dialogue", Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
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1998
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Internation Festival of Biarritz, France (solo)
"Augustin Cardenas - Jean Prouvé", Maison Verte, Paris, France
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1997
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"Retrospective", Galeria del Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy (solo)
"Le Surréalisme et l'Amour", Pavillon des Arts, Paris, France
"The Art Show", Jeffrey H. Loria, New York, NY
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1996
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"The Art Show", Jeffrey H. Loria, New York, NY
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1993
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"Agustín Cárdenas", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
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1992
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Galerie JGM, Paris, France (solo)
International Art Esposition Arco, Caracas, Venezuela
Galerie du Château, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1991
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International Art Exhibition, Miami, FL (solo)
Art Exhibiton in Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1990
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"Bois", Galerie JGM, Paris, France
FIAC, Paris, France
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1989
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Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Salon de Mars, Paris, France
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1988
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Galerie JGM, Paris, France (solo)
"Trente ans de Sculpture", Galerie JGM, Paris, France
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1987
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Open Air Museum, Yorkshire, UK
Corea Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
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1984
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FIAC, Paris, France (solo)
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1982
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Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
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1980
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Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1978
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Festival of Lyon, Lyon, France
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1973
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Biennale Internationale de la Petite Sculpture II, Budapest, Hungary
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1972
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Musée Galleria, Paris, France
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1971
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"Sculptures", Parc Floral, Paris, France
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1969
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Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL
Biennale de Sculpture, Antwerp, Belgium
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1968
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International Biennale of Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
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1967
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Biennale Internationale de Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
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1965
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"Babel 65", Musée Galliera, Paris, France
"L'Art Latino Américain", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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1962
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"L'Objet", Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
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1960
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"Cent sculpteurs de Daumier à nos jours", Musée de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
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1959
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"Exposition internationale du Surréalisme", Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, France
Galerie de La Cour d'Ingres, Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
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1950
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"IV Exposición Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado", Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba
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Selected Public Collections:
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Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne, Caracas, venezuela
National Museum, La Havane, Cuba
Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japon
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| Literature |
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2008
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Pau-Llosa, Ricardo. Cárdenas, Agustín. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008
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