Prizes awarded at the II Díaz Peláez Abstract Art Hall
As part of the inauguration of the II Díaz Peláez Abstract Art Hall, several artists were awarded prizes at the Belkis Ayón Gallery of the Experimental Center for Visual Arts, located at 23 y C, in the El Vedado district of the capital.
Yonaika Humpierrre, Santiago Kender, José Omar Torres and Raidel Díaz made up the jury, chaired by visual artist José Miguel Pérez, that selected the winners of this edition of the competition.
Jorge Luis Hernández Pouyu received the first prize for his work Las malas formas, and Jorge Báez González, Alberto Herrera and Isnel Plana received honorable mentions for their works Papeles y otros desechos, Ebbó and Calar la piedra, respectively.
The Hermanos Saiz Association gave the honorable mention to Randy Alonso Díaz for his work A destiempo, and the Provincial Center for Plastic Arts and Design honored Erick González for his work Crónicas III.
Meanwhile, the Cuban Fund for Cultural Assets and Collage Habana awarded Jorge Luis Hernández for Las malas formas, and the National Council of Plastic Arts honored Alejandro Alfonso for his work Marcas.
The Abstract Art Hall pays tribute to the 35th anniversary of the death of José Antonio Díaz Peláez, one of the most outstanding bastions of sculptural abstractionism in Cuba.
The second edition of this event, sponsored by the Plaza de la Revolución Cultural Department, will be open to the public at the Experimental Center for Visual Arts until the end of August.
Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez
