"Ad Lib". Hotel Nacional de Cuba. June 21st 1999.
When I first met Miguel, I never imagined some day I would make an opening speech for an exhibit of his artwork. At the time I didn't know that much about visual arts and I only had a scant notion about the intensity of the whole process in the creation of a pictorial work.
Maybe just because of a natural disposition in me toward the arts and surely due to the strength Cerejido faces each painting's birth, I started appraising the world of canvases, brushes, airbrushes..., and I began to understand how much of sleeplessness, nonconformity and satisfactions are behind the work of each artist; and also got to understand the beauty of the pieces we now have before us.
I think today is the time to thank him for all I learned about art and graphic design, which has been so useful in my own work and my professional life.
And I said "pieces" referring to his paintings with the pronounced intention of considering them as visual and musical artworks at the same time in the universe of this artist who refuses to separate this two expressions of art.
For the wide scope the meaning of his works has on the spectator, Cerejido is hard to set in an specific branch or unique classification.
For many people he could be an abstractionist that re-creates concepts and sensations with skills and mastership. For others the expressionist element is quite evident in works loaded with theatrical and dramatic strength.
Landscapes? Considering the fact that each and every piece is a kind of unreal or imaginary place, but perfectly possible in some regions we maybe don't know about, why not?
The best definition perhaps would be to call him "postmodern", since he appropriates element from POP ART, ART DECO, illustration and graphics in general to create melodic lines with the sounds of Rock and Blues, and harmonies from the best Bach and Stravinsky's concerts.
In love with music, and a musician himself, Cerejido prefers auto define as a "nostalgic avant-garde" who catches the emotion of music in his canvases to make it tangible and real for us.
I'm not allowed the right to compare myself or even get close to those really qualified to outline the work of this musician-artist or artist-musician called Miguel Cerejido. But my sensibility gives me the perfect right to feel myself touched in front of the beauty of his work and also feel I am before a great artist.
Many of you surely agree with me.
Thank you
When I first met Miguel, I never imagined some day I would make an opening speech for an exhibit of his artwork. At the time I didn't know that much about visual arts and I only had a scant notion about the intensity of the whole process in the creation of a pictorial work.
Maybe just because of a natural disposition in me toward the arts and surely due to the strength Cerejido faces each painting's birth, I started appraising the world of canvases, brushes, airbrushes..., and I began to understand how much of sleeplessness, nonconformity and satisfactions are behind the work of each artist; and also got to understand the beauty of the pieces we now have before us.
I think today is the time to thank him for all I learned about art and graphic design, which has been so useful in my own work and my professional life.
And I said "pieces" referring to his paintings with the pronounced intention of considering them as visual and musical artworks at the same time in the universe of this artist who refuses to separate this two expressions of art.
For the wide scope the meaning of his works has on the spectator, Cerejido is hard to set in an specific branch or unique classification.
For many people he could be an abstractionist that re-creates concepts and sensations with skills and mastership. For others the expressionist element is quite evident in works loaded with theatrical and dramatic strength.
Landscapes? Considering the fact that each and every piece is a kind of unreal or imaginary place, but perfectly possible in some regions we maybe don't know about, why not?
The best definition perhaps would be to call him "postmodern", since he appropriates element from POP ART, ART DECO, illustration and graphics in general to create melodic lines with the sounds of Rock and Blues, and harmonies from the best Bach and Stravinsky's concerts.
In love with music, and a musician himself, Cerejido prefers auto define as a "nostalgic avant-garde" who catches the emotion of music in his canvases to make it tangible and real for us.
I'm not allowed the right to compare myself or even get close to those really qualified to outline the work of this musician-artist or artist-musician called Miguel Cerejido. But my sensibility gives me the perfect right to feel myself touched in front of the beauty of his work and also feel I am before a great artist.
Many of you surely agree with me.
Thank you