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Jose Blanco
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- Houston, Tx
- United States
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- Hometown:
- Houston
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- About Me:
- My home is now Houston, Texas, but I am originally from Havana Cuba where I studied art and architecture. From 1963-1968, I studied in the most important school of art in Cuba,and one of the most prestigious academies of Art in Latin America,The High School of the Plastic Arts: Saint Alexander founded in the 1920. Later;between 1968-1977, I worked as a mechanical and architectural draftsman, and was the set designer for the National Theater of Cuba. In 1978,earned the Accredited Bachelor Degree of Industrial Design Departmment of Superior Education, Havana. Subsequently, I worked on several important projects remodeling Colonial Havana. I also designed a vocational laboratory of architecture for the elite V.I. Lenin Vocational High School. Between 1982-1986, I participated in art competitions for U.N.E.S.C.O. and designed the setting for several celebrated international exhibitions in Havana.
Now here in Houston Texas,my artistic juices are once more flowing...
I travel in the fascinating world of line, space and form; to gather those elements into a cohesive image in order to gladden, to surprise, to perplex, to cause reflection and sometimes to shock and incite. I want to create an experience of discovery, finding new conections between disparate objects and themes.
For me, drawing is the exquisite combination of technique and imagination, reality and fantasy. I love the line. I love the rhythmic movement created by the line and work to reveal the forms created by the line in space.
At this time,I choose to work primarily in black & white in honor and memory of the tragic daily loss of life incurred in this war.
In my work the observer has the opportunity to participate in the exploration of the complex mechanism of the human being. In my drawings, I explore images that reveal reverence for the past juxtaposed with images that reflect the present and suggest the somewhat disturbing future.
Welcome to my world of line and space, and let me know what you think!
- Favorite Artists/Performers:
- Pablo Picasso/Rembrandt/Aubrey Beardsley/Salvador Dali/Michaelangelol//Velasquez/Bak/lLeonardo Da Vinci/Benny Goodman/Nat King Cole/Elvis/The Beatles/Baryshnikov/Michael Jackson/Bill Cosby/Walt Disney/DustinHoffman/Norman Freeman/Jack Nicholson/Meryl Streep
- Favorite Visual Art Spaces:
- Gaudi's House Barcelona,Spain/National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C./The Hermitage, Russia
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Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 5:28pm on August 18, 2009,
John Linden said… - Jose!
Thanks for the nice comment! I really dig your work as well!
The decendants of the "Battlo" who commissioned Gaudi to build that awesome house in Barcelona have three of my pieces by the way!
Rock on!
Peace- John
- At 11:06am on January 7, 2009,
BONNIE YOUNG said… - Sorry, Im three months too late for the comment. But, thank you and I like your drawings very much as well.
- At 2:39pm on September 26, 2008,
CARL DURBIN said… - great!!! its amazing how much you miss electricity when you don't have any. i was glad i could finally take a hot shower....something else i took for granted.
take care of yourself
carl
- At 8:11pm on September 9, 2008,
Jose Blanco said… - Hello Carl; for the Cuban peoples the hurricanes is nothing new,the problem is :not food, not medicine,and the houses and buildings are very older.is it the big problem.
sorry for my
my English.JB.
- At 12:34am on September 9, 2008,
CARL DURBIN said…
- cuba is really getting hit hard by all of these hurricanes. i hope its not too bad.
- At 1:07pm on September 6, 2008,
S.J.Scales said… - Your work is strange, but I like it really made me look at it, there for sometime.
- At 1:05pm on September 6, 2008,
S.J.Scales said…
- Your work is strange but I like it, made sit there and really look at it
S.J.
- At 11:47am on September 3, 2008,
Rebeka Rodosek said… - Thank you Jose for your comment!
Rebeka
- At 7:18pm on September 2, 2008,
Kathy Ellis said… - thanks i just finished my first diva doodle book and
max at m2 said i could do a book signing there.
so i hope to HANG with you there soon
kathy
- At 9:51am on September 1, 2008,
John Linden said…
- Welcome, Jose!
Nice work!
Peace- John
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