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Cuban artist Rogelio López Marín, also known as Gory, began his career as a painter, gaining recognition from the 1981 exhibition “Volume One” which signified the rise of the Cuban renaissance in visual arts. After working as a photographer for many years at Revolucion y Cultura magazine and winning awards for his photo essays, Gory put down his brushes and dove into the world of photography, manipulating the images by hand. He later used digital manipulations that distinguished his work. Curator and art critic Irinia Leyva says, “Gory’s photographic body of work is indebted to his paintings, establishing between the two media a feedback, a ‘give and take’ from the canvas to the camera and vice versa. His perspicacious eye can discover the most surreal situations in everyday reality, and by capturing them through his lens makes us gaze with fresh eyes.” Gory’s work is now on display at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL, coordinated by the Southeast Museum of Photography, until February 4, 2012.
Tags: Irinia Leyva, Revolucion y Cultura magazine, Rogelio López Marín, Southeast Museum of Photography
November 29th, 2011 at 12:14 pm EEST
Love the split-tone treatment in this. Has a real ominous feel, but full of possibilities.
November 29th, 2011 at 2:34 pm EEST
not exactly my cup of tea. i like the foreground, but dont think it goes well with the background
December 2nd, 2011 at 10:46 pm EEST
just to delight in it.
December 27th, 2011 at 2:47 pm EEST
I have to disagree with Les, I think they work wel together, an interesting concept.