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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Gladys Triana and Reinaldo Arenas / The Chill Concept

Gladys Triana and Reinaldo Arenas:
Mazes of the Image and the Word 

Triana’s drawings and Arena’s texts will be on view at 
The Chill Concept
Miami, Florida 
Until February 13, 2015



The Chill Concept presents Mazes of the Image and the Word: an exhibition of ten drawings from a series created by artist Gladys Triana (Camagüey, Cuba; 1937) which provided inspiration to writer Reinaldo Arenas (Holguin, Cuba; 1943 – USA 1990) for the accompanying texts.

No te detengas. Hasta la última hora, la ecuanimidad y el ritmo, la fantasía...


To find out more about our activities, visit our calendar at http://thechillconcept.com/ or write us at newsthechillconcept@gmail.com
Telephone: +1 (786) 442.8843    and  +1(305) 915.1957

Sunday, May 5, 2013

El Nuevo Herald / Mariel digital, treinta años después



ESPECIAL/EL NUEVO HERALD

Read more here: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/05/04/1469635/mariel-digital-treinta-anos-despues.html#storylink=cpy





A principios de la década de 1970, un pequeño grupo de amigos se reunía en el Parque Lenin, en la afueras de La Habana, para leer sustrabajos e intercambiar libros. Los domingos, temprano, se citaban en el Paradero de la Víbora –en la primera parada de la ruta 88–, para partir juntos hacia el Parque. Poco a poco iban llegando los lectores subversivos, casi siempre el último en arribar era Reinaldo Arenas. El pelo encaracolado, flaco, con ese caminar bamboleante de guajiro cerrero, medio pomo deperfume arriba y una mochila de careta antigás, teñida de amarillo, cargada de libros y manuscritos...

Read more here: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/05/04/1469635/mariel-digital-treinta-anos-despues.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/05/04/1469635/mariel-digital-treinta-anos-despues.html#

Thursday, April 11, 2013

La revista MARIEL en la Internet / Reinaldo García Ramos

Los ocho números de Mariel, Revista de Literatura y Arte, publicados entre 1983 y 1985, ya están en la internet.  Los interesados pueden consultarlos en: http://www.revista-mariel.com/

 
Cepp Selgas / Tresjuanes XI / oil on canvas / 80s

Mariel, Revista de Literatura y Arte was published quarterly in Spanish in New York City between April 1983 and April 1985 by a group of young Cuban writers and artists who had arrived in the United States in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift, an exodus of refugees from the port of Mariel in Cuba.  In editing Mariel, this group wanted to showcase their own work and the work of other Cubans who had taken part in the exodus, as well as the literary and artistic achievements of other authors from Cuba, both from the 1980s and from earlier decades of the twentieth century.  Other well-known Latin American authors were also included in the pages ofMariel.
A total of eight issues were published. They were printed in tabloid format on newsprint, the only paper they could afford. Surviving copies are fragile, hard to find and risk being damaged when physically handled. That is why this website has been created, both to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of Mariel’s first issue and to give readers access to digital copies of the full eight issues in PDF format.

April 2013

Friday, December 7, 2012

Before Night Falls / Reinaldo Arenas

Jorge Martin, Cepp Selgas and Mercedes Mestre.

For famous Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, his 'fiction' character Clara Mortera was his 'evil' alter ego.
In real life Clara Mortera is the magnificent Cuban painter: Clara Morera.
By the 70's decade Reinaldo was my next block neighbor in Havana.  My neighbor across the street in Manhattan by the 80's.
Just by chance I was involved in making possible the historic meeting with Clara and renowned American artist-and-filmmaker Julian Schnabel at Gustavo Valdés NJ'ARS Atelier Galleries, when "Before Night Falls" (the movie) was about to hit production. "Before Night Falls" was Reinaldo's autobiographical novel, later becoming a movie and also an opera.
And just by chance again (at a recent party) I had the pleasure of meeting Cuban-born composer Jorge Martin, the musician and author of the beautiful and successful opera, based on "Before Night Falls".

Reinaldo Arenas committed suicide on December 7, 1990. A day like today, twenty two years ago.

Monday, October 22, 2012

The Importance of Being Ernesto Briel

Ernesto y yo, fuimos los 'Brielgas’ para el gran Reinaldo Arenas allá en La Habana de la década del 70. Y 'Jesús-Briel' en cualquiera otra grotesca ocurrencia literaria de su famosa obra de los 80 acá en Nueva York. Veintidós años de ese ‘dos en uno’ después de veinte sin Ernesto Briel son casi medio siglo de importancia.
Briel: un vanguardista del PopArt en Cuba, y primer actor del más destacado teatro vanguardista de su época, con una gran obra en su haber para la historia cultural cubana. Un gran artista universal.
Este video, "The Importance of Being Ernesto Briel" fue uno de mis primeros (y únicos) ejercicios en uno de mis escasos intentos dentro del ‘Séptimo Arte’, abandonado por el momento.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Clara Morera y Reinaldo Arenas...click!

Un Encuentro...

Clara Morera and Diana Alvarez Amell, before El Santo París.

Esta nueva exhibición Clara Morera, Reinaldo Arenas and The Color of Summer (Homage) podrá visitarse hasta el 27 de julio del presente año. No se la pierda.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

The First Sefportrait of Jesus

Cepp Selgas / Mixed media / 5X3in. / 1986.

This image is from the original artwork of a Christmas postcard. It's got on its back the "Brielgas" logo designed by Ernesto Briel. Brielgas was the playful way Reinaldo Arenas use to call us, combining both our last names. This postcard came about in those early years when Madonna (the singer), was rising and rising to heaven above until the end of time. And of course, I did what any other-red blooded-Jesus would do on such an occasion, because at the end...we are still only human.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

¡Ya está a la venta Ars Magazine Nº 1...click!


Es un número especial navideño con 82 páginas y portada de Gustavo Acosta, contará además con firmas importantes.


Issue 1 - Winter | Invierno 2010
Tribute to Lezama Lima and Reinaldo Arenas, two giants of Cuban and world literature plus a special dedication to Cuban masters Gustavo Acosta and Clara Morera. This issue includes a poetry section with renown authors. Tributo a Lezama Lima y Reinaldo Arenas, dos gigantes de las letras cubanas y mundiales mas una seccion dedicada a los maestros cubanos Gustavo Acosta y Clara Morera. Este numero incluye una seccion de poesia con reconocidos autores.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

VOCES / Reinaldo Arenas

Cepp Selgas / I love IV / Acrylic on paper / 9X9in. / 2009.

Voces


Nosotros vinimos por el aire
Nosotros vinimos por el mar
Nosotros llegamos amarrados a la cámara de un auto
Nosotros llegamos sujetos a la rueda de un avión
Nosotros salimos conjurando tiburones y guardacostas
Nosotros salimos agarrados a la cola de un cometa
Nosotros llegamos a nado, vomitando la bilis,
soltando el bofe,
los huesos al sol, deshidratados.
descarnado el corazón.
Si, sin duda somos los mas dichosos
-los afortunados.
los demás yacen sin tiempo bajo el mar
o condenan nuestra fuga
mientras secreta y desesperadamente desean partir.

*
Reinaldo Arenas
New York,1985