Exile as Transformation | The Body in Abstraction: Cárdenas, Fernández and Soriano
AGUSTIN CÁRDENAS
Cuarto Famba
The Sacred Room
1973
bronze, edition 2 of 3
48 x 17 ½ x 16 inches | 121.9 x 44.5 x 40.6 cm.
AGUSTÍN FERNÁNDEZ
L’Origen
The Origin
1964
oil on canvas
55 by 50 ½ in. | 139.7 by 128.3 cm.
RAFAEL SORIANO
Recóndita armonía
Hidden Harmony
1992
oil on canvas
50 x 60 inches | 127 x 152.4 cm.
RAFAEL SORIANO
Levitando hacia el sur
Levitating Towards the South
1992
oil on canvas
50 x 60 inches | 127 x 152.4 cm.
AGUSTÍN FERNÁNDEZ
Warrior Armour
Armadura de Guerrero
1975
oil on canvas
48 x 34 inches | 121.92 x 86.36 cm.
AGUSTIN CÁRDENAS
La familia
The Family
1989
bronze, edition 5 of 7
29 x 21 ½ x 17 ½ inches | 73.7 x 54.6 x 44.5 cm.
Exile as Transformation
The Body in Abstraction:
Cárdenas, Fernández and Soriano
This exhibition brings together three Cuban artists—𝗔𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁í𝗻 𝗖á𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘀, 𝗔𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁í𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗻á𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇, and 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼—whose lives and practices were profoundly shaped by exile. Through sculpture and painting, the exhibition traces how exile reshaped their visual vocabularies—from Cárdenas’ totemic forms, to Fernández’s charged, corporeal surfaces, to Soriano’s luminous, spiritual expanses. Together, their works offer a powerful meditation on estrangement and resilience, revealing how the rupture of exile can give rise to new forms of emotive visual expression.
