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The facets of a unique artist, Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal 1/11/2016 CMBQ: "With
rather complex approaches between the conceptual formulation of his busy
artistic productions and the excellence of his drawings, Santiago Rodríguez
Olazábal has been characterized within the panorama of contemporary Cuban art
for the exaltation of certain edges of syncretic religion, but from a deep,
anthropological, critical and sociological angle, he distances himself quite a
bit from clichés of folklorism."
Catching Up in Havana: Palabras by Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal 3/3/2015 Cuban
Art News: "In the exhibition Palabras (Words), Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal set
"an infinite and multiple dialogue with the deities of the Yoruba pantheon," as
María Carla Gárciga Rodríguez wrote in Cubarte, giving contemporary expression
to traditional concepts and symbols. In choosing the exhibition title, Rodríguez
Olazábal said, he "thought of the importance that drawing has, and has had, in
my work. For me, drawing is a kind of writing, with an iconography that acts and
expresses the qualities of its own poetic circumstances." The gallery view below
includes partial views of Rodríguez Olazábal's Éxtasis (Ecstasy), 2014 at right,
and Conjuro (Incantation), 2014, at center."
Solo Show: Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal 9/1/2011 ArtNexus: "The first solo
exhibition by Cuban artist Santiago Rodríguez-Olazábal at PanAmerican Art
Project Gallery in Miami was interpreted by some as a reunion of sorts, while
others saw it as a new approach to Afro-Cuban religion. Held in the main hall of
the gallery, the exhibition was accompanied by the works of two other artists:
Cuban Manuel Mendive, and Jamaican David Boxter, who presented their pieces in
two adjacent and smaller exhibition rooms. These allowed viewers to evaluate the
different connotations and forms of confronting and interpreting Afro-Caribbean
culture, specifically form a religious point of view."
Entrevista con Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal 12/1/2005 Caribenet: "żY lo
haces consciente de pertenecer a la generación de los 80? “Uno nunca puede
sentirse aislado de su generación porque uno es un ser social que vive inmerso
en una época. Quieras o no quieras tienes que respirar, mirar y pensar a la
manera de esa época. Yo fui uno de los estudiantes que salió a la calle a buscar
y que tuve la suerte de pertenecer a esa ruptura del arte cubano que marcó
pautas importantes en los ańos 80, como antes lo hizo la generación de los 40,
contrarios a otras como la de los 70 que pudo, pero no supo hacerlo. Entonces,
la nuestra estableció una diferencia que incluso abarcó otras manifestaciones
como el teatro.” "
muconf.missouri.edu/afrocubanart/Olazabal.html
www.withoutmasks.org/meet-the-artists/santiago-rodriguez/
Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art
Watch Hill
Charitable Foundation
www.artizar.es/artista/santiago-rodriguez-olazabal/
muconf.missouri.edu/afrocubanart/Olazabal.html
www.artnet.com/artists/santiago-rodr%C3%ADguez-olaz%C3%A1bal/past-auction-results
www.daros-latinamerica.net/artist/santiago-rodr%C3%ADguez-olaz%C3%A1bal
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