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946: 483:. This sculpture became the center of a scandal in 2006. Other exhibitions from the 2000s include in 2005 "Jose Luis Cuevas in Drawing and Sculpture" at the Latin American Art Museum in Long Beach, California. "Selected Drawings and Watercolors" Tasende Gallery, West Hollywood, California. In 2006, he inaugurated the Paseo Escultórico Nezahualcóyotl with a sculpture named after his wife called “Carmen.” Retrospective Exhibition at the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City in 2008. “Exposición Siameses 50 Años de la Plástica del Maestro José Luis Cuevas” in 2009 and 2011 and “Dibujo y Escultura” in 2010. He continued to actively exhibit his work until his death, especially in Mexico. 955: 457:("March. Month of Jose Luis Cuevas.") From 1984 to 1988, a series of 50 large format drawings called “Intolerance” toured universities and museums in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. These drawings were the result of Jose Tasende's gift to Cuevas of the book "The Witches' Advocate" by Gustav Henningsen. In 1985 exhibits with Henry Moore and Eduardo Chillida in the exhibition Figure Space Image at Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California. The illustrated letters he wrote to his dealer JM Tasende during his exile from Mexico are exhibited at Tasende Gallery prior to becoming part of the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 973: 964: 913:, which was inaugurated in 1992. The first director of the museum was his first wife, Bertha until her death in 2000. In 2005, his second wife, Beatriz del Carmen, took over operations. The Museum has been backed by the Fundación Maestro José Luis Cuevas since 2003. Because of the opposition in some essential artistic statements between José Luis Cuevas and some professors in the Academia de San Carlos, which is located half a block to the south, the artistic community in this art school say "el vecino de enfrente" (neighbor from across the street" to refer to the now late artist and the Museum). 782:, are mostly done on very large sheets of paper. In many of these drawings, the figures transform into animals or acquire an animal quality. Well acquainted with the cinematic arts, he manipulated data and even concocted events, drawing on his memory for plausible details. His best known event of this type was the creation of the “Mural Efímero” (Ephemeral Mural), which he created and immediately destroyed publicly as a challenge to the Mexican muralism movement. He gave what is now known as “Zona Rosa” its name, located in the then cosmopolitan section of Colonia Juarez, stating that 589: 716:. Despite this opposition, Siqueiros wanted Cuevas to become part of the muralist group, saying that his work had an Orozco quality. Since that time, the muralism tradition waned but Cuevas remaines a controversial and oppositional figure, criticizing writers and artists he felt criticized the country's corruption and other problems but at the same time were a party to them. He also stated that he was strongly against opposed to those who he felt used art for “fraudulent” ends as well as those who copied others’ work and those who sold out their art only to make money. 302: 720:
His most characteristic work involves images of disfigured creatures and the misery of the contemporary world. Although he was not opposed to worldly pleasures, they are not depicted in his work. He stated that his work leans more towards the flesh in an “excessive” way with the presence of death. Cuevas said that his drawing representa the solitude and isolation of contemporary man and man's inability to communicate. He also stated that it is an “invitation to return to vegetarianism."
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believe that he was vain and says that idea started in 1955 when he decided to take a picture of himself every day, which he continued to do up to the end of his life. He was one of the most photographed contemporary artists of Mexico. One ludicrous story states that he visited a “vampire brothel” where they scratch and paw at customers. Other story relates him to a 70-year-old woman named Gloria who he tried to seduce and another one that
157:(English: Breakaway Generation). He was a mostly self-taught artist, whose styles and influences are moored to the darker side of life, often depicting distorted figures and the debasement of humanity. He had remained a controversial figure throughout his career, not only for his often shocking images, but also for his opposition to writers and artists who he feels participate in corruption or create only for money. In 1992, the 982: 1698: 902: 310:
womanizer, nicknamed “gato macho” (male cat) or seducer of women, which he took advantage of to promote himself. In a Mexico City newspaper column written by him, he claimed he had over 650 erotic encounters. He states that Bertha was not allowed the same freedom and that she never knew about his affairs despite his writings about them. He and Bertha had three daughters, Mariana,
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Cuevas stated that he drew a skull as he considered them devoid of expression and they are not necessarily representative of death in Mexican culture. He preferred to draw cadavers and bodies shortly after death, as they still retain the individual human qualities. In this approach, he stated that he
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Cuevas married his first wife, Bertha Riestra, in 1961. He met Bertha at the La Castaneda hospital while she was there doing community service and painting. Her parents did not attend the wedding as they did not approve of him since he was an artist. Despite being married, he gained a reputation as a
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At age fourteen, he rented a space on Donceles street to use as a studio instead of returning to school as his poor health meant that did not know how long he might live. He decided it would be better to dedicate himself to his art. Cuevas learned how to horse back ride and basket weave for money. He
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Themes in Cuevas’ work tend to be bleak, grotesque, enveloped in anguish and fantasy, with human figures distorted to the point of uniqueness. His work has been described as having a “great gestural ferocity” often preferring subjects relating to human degradation such as prostitution and despotism.
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once said that “The greatest love of José Luis Cuevas is named José Luis Cuevas, because he is an artist more in love with himself than with his work.” The reason for this quote is that he has done so many self-portraits that it is like having a large number of mirrors. Cuevas stated that he did not
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Cuevas was born and raised in a country which has produced major innovators in the fine arts, and he himself became a symbol of both the continuity of this tradition as well as a permanent break with the past. In particular, Cuevas was an early and very outspoken critic of the muralist movement led
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in Mexico City. In 1976, he had four women tattooed with original designs of his own making, so that the art “would grow old with him” This despite the fact that tattoos were illegal in Mexico at the time. In 1979 Jose Luis exhibits 50 watercolors and drawings along with illustrated letters at
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Within a career that spanned over seventy years, Cuevas was a painter, writer, draftsman, engraver, illustrator and printmaker. There have been solo exhibitions od Cuevas' work in museums and galleries throughout the world. His first exhibition was when he was only fourteen at the Seminario
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His initial opposition to the Mexican cultural status quo was with the muralists, calling them and the government that supported them the “nopal cactus curtain,” acting against newer artists and innovations. His first essay against the “nopal cactus curtain,” was to be published by
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Axiologico but no one came, the works came off the walls and were stepped on. His first successful individual exhibition was at Mexico City's Galería Prisse in 1953, when he was nineteen. In 1954, he meets the critic Jose Gomez-Sicre who invites him to exhibit at the
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In 1981, he opened the exhibit "Signs of Life" which contained a vial with his semen and an electrocardiogram taken while he was making love. He stated in the exhibition's brochure that he would impregnate any woman that asked him to do so, but the
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threw herself at him. He admitted to being a bit paranoid and defensive, concerned about being cast in a negative light. He claimed Julio Scherer García as an enemy for interfering with his writing career. He also had feuds with painter
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in the 1950s when he was coming out after mainstream artists. Even in his final years, he made deferences by opening his museum to all of his friends but those he considers enemies were not permitted inside.
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Cuevas’ influences included Goya, writer Francisco de Quevedo, Picasso, with some hues from Posada and Orozco. Over the years, he paid homage to his favorite painters and writers, such as
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have appeared in his works. His predilection for the darker side of life along with breaking with tradition has meant belated acceptance for his work in certain circles of the art market.
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for publication. When he returned to Mexico, he presented the exhibition “José Luis Cuevas. El regreso de otro hijo pródigo.” (José Luis Cuevas. The return of another prodigal son).
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As Cuevas' education was interrupted by illness, he was mostly a self-taught artist. He was part of the first generation of Mexican artists to have emerged after the
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newspaper, where he continued his critique towards the Mexican muralist movement. Throughout this time, he became friends with a number of other writers such as
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neighborhood in 1995. In 1997 he exhibits at Tasende Gallery, West Hollywood, California. In 1998, he exhibited “Retrospectiva de Dibujo y Escultura” at the
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and worked on several books, serigraphs and lithographs in works called “Cuaderno de París” and “La Renaudiere.” The first was honored at the Book Fair in
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Cherem S, Silvia (May 28, 2000). "Entrevista/ Jose Luis Cuevas/ El ombligo de Cuevas" [Interview/Jose Luis Cuevas/The navel of Cuevas].
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Gutiérrez, Laura G. (14 December 2010). "Reframing the Retablo : Mexican Feminist Critical Practice in Ximena Cuevas' Corazon Sangrante".
1003: 676:("Perfumes and Fashions") and dropped off a copy of the magazine at Siqueiros's house. Later, with the help of Carlos Fuentes he published in 433: 314:
and María Jose. In 2000, Berta Riestra, his wife and, at the time, the director of the José Luis Cuevas Museum, died due to breast cancer and
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Cuevas was sometimes described as vain, a pathological liar and a hypochondriac, obsessed with sickness and death, especially his own. Writer
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Rodriguez, Juan (September 15, 1995). "Jose Luis Cuevas: un viaje hacia el interior" [Jose Luis Cuevas: a voyage to the interior].
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was published in 1972, inspired by San Francisco. He “self-exiled” to France where he exhibited at the Modern Art Museum in Paris and the
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José Luis Cuevas, exposición en la Galería de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México, 1984.
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In the late 1980s, Cuevas obtained the old monastery of Santa Inés in Mexico City's historical center for the purpose of creating the
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Cuevas's style is aggressive and lacks inhibition which often shocks the observer. Cuevas's drawings, which were done in pen and ink,
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but ultimately rejected by the periodical, although he later renamed and published it as “Letter to Siqueiros” in a magazine titled
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Toledo, Fernando (December 21, 1995). "Jose Luis Cuevas: En la cueva de Cuevas" [Jose Luis Cuevas: In the cave of Cuevas].
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made him to remove the brochure because it was then-considered as act of prostitution. In 1982, fourteen galleries in Mexico City,
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from the City of Jerusalem and the World Zionist Organization in 2007 and the Lorenzo the Great Prize at the VIII Biennial of
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Sanchez, Leticia (May 23, 1997). "Jose Luis Cuevas, enamorado de si mismo" [Jose Luis Cuevas, in love with himself].
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In addition to awards for his artwork, Cuevas received other honors as well. These include honorary doctorates from
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and the "Frente Popular de Artes Plasticas" were envious of him and that they accused him of working with the
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at the Primera Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The lithographic series called
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in Washington, DC. This, his first U.S. exhibition, sold out opening night and resulted in interviews with
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In 1991 "Celebrating 25 Years with Jose Luis Cuevas" opens at Tasende Gallery, La Jolla. He created a
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publication, where he referred to the then mural artists establishment such as Diego Rivera as the
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By the age of fourteen, Cuevas had illustrated numerous periodicals and books. In 1957, he went to
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for Falcon Prest Publishers. In the late 1950s, he began to write on cultural topics for the
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His work reates controversy to the end and his appearance attracted large numbers of women.
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who drew skulls and bones. His work was influenced by Spanish poetry and Spanish cities as
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This article is about the Mexican artist. For the Mexican architect and urban planner, see
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During the 1970s, he exhibited 72 self-portraits at the Centro Cultural Universitario at
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readings had told him so, Cuevas died on July 3, 2017, in Mexico City at the age of 83.
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The Museum's collection includes more than 1860 pieces by various artists, mostly from
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neighborhood of Mexico City. The house was built for Cuevas in the 1970s by architects
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of Mexico in 1993 and In 1997 the Premio de Medallística Tomás Francisco Prieta from
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Cuevas’ earliest award was in 1959, the International First Prize for Drawing at the
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In 1985, he began publishing a column called “Cuevario.” In 1987 he worked with the
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Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" alumni
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In 2001, he donated a sculpture called “Figura Obscena” (Obscene Figure) to the
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Despite his predictions that he would live to over a hundred because various
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declared him an “honored guest” and he received the keys to the two cities.
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José Luis Cuevas was born on February 26, 1934, to a middle-class family in
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In 1977 he won First Prize at the III Latin American Print Biennial in
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holding most of his work and his personal art collection. His grandson
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Taibo I, Pace Ignacio (September 1994). "The Museo Jose Luis Cuevas".
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Portion of the pub with works by the artist on the wall at the
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Travels in the Labyrinth: Mexican Art in the Pollak Collection
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Ruiz, Blanca (April 27, 2001). "Travesias/ Jose Luis Cuevas".
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presented the exhibition “José Luis Cuevas. Obra Gráfica".
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Courtyard of the José Luis Cuevas Museum with "La Giganta"
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Jose Luis Cuevas Museum, located behind Santa Ines Church
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National School of Painting and Sculpture "La Esmeralda"
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of the 19th century. He felt very “Spanish” in this as
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which contains 183 cards drawn by Cuevas for his wife.
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Index

José Luis Cuevas (architect)
Pipino Cuevas

Modernism
Neo-figurativism
Mexican muralism
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
Official website
painter
draftsman
engraver
illustrator
printmaker
Mexican muralism
Generación de la Ruptura
José Luis Cuevas Museum
historic center of Mexico City
Alexis de Chaunac
Mexico City
National School of Painting and Sculpture "La Esmeralda"
rheumatic fever
Mexico City College
The News
René Avilés Fabila
Marlene Dietrich
Rufino Tamayo
José Chávez Morado
Guillermo González Camarena
CIA
Morocco

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