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José Manuel Mesías

Sin título / Untitled 2020, Installation, Cans pull-tabs, egg cartons, 30 x 30 cm (each). Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

Sin título / Untitled 2020, Installation, Cans pull-tabs, egg cartons, 30 x 30 cm (each). Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

Ecce homo 2018-2020, Installation, Twelve found-cages, Variable dimensions. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

Ecce homo 2018-2020, Installation, Twelve found-cages, Variable dimensions. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

Ecce homo 2018-2020, Installation, Twelve found-cages, Variable dimensions. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

Representación planiscúbica del canto del Degollado, 201. Smashed wooden cage, 24 x 40 cm. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

José Manuel Mesías

157 Resident, endemic, introduced, transient and occasional Cuban birds’ songs. From the series: The society of strange birds 2018. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

157 Resident, endemic, introduced, transient and occasional Cuban birds’ songs. From the series: The society of strange birds 2018. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

Invasive species in the limbo 2018. In the background: Anish Kapoor 'When I am Pregnant' 1992-2016, Fibreglass, wood and paint, 600 x 600 x 150 cm. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías

La demencia de la costurera, 2018. Photo: Nestor Kim

José Manuel Mesías: making the object significant and extraordinary

José Manuel Mesías is a Cuban artist who specialises in painting, drawing, video and installation. The latter being a medium for which he often focuses his practise on the object, its found status and its story. His work roots itself in both the past history and contemporary context of Cuba. It often looks back to the time of the Independence wars in Cuba in the late 1800s, a rare theme in contemporary Cuban art. His work reveals both personal and collective histories. It demonstrates the fundamental principles of the universe that can be manifested in the most insignificant objects and the most ordinary crafts.

José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías
José Manuel Mesías