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'''Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca''' (JEFF) is an artist who was born in [[Cuba]] in 1974. He came to live in [[Havana]] at 7 years old, where he still lives and works today. He is frequently referred to as a "Naïve" or "Outsider" artist, since he principally works on themes such as childhood and childishness with a visible passion for toys and children’s art.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Havana-Cultura - José Emilio Fuentes Fonseca: contemporary cuban artist|url = http://havana-cultura.com/en/visual-arts/jose-emilio-fuentes-fonsecaaka-jeff|website = havana-cultura.com|accessdate = 2015-04-22}}</ref>

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'''Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca''' (JEFF) was born in [[Cuba]] in 1974. He came to live in [[Havana]] at 7 years old, where he still lives and works today, in the '''Buena Vista quarter'''. Throughout the world, he is frequently referred to as a "Naïve" or as an "Outsider" artist, as he principally works on themes such as childhood and childishness, with a visible passion for toys and children’s art.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Jeff’s work has been influenced by his own experience, as he was brought up by his grandparents, and spent his childhood in Oriente province, far away from his separated parents. When he was 9 years old, his brother found a stick of dynamite and brought it home : JEFF’s curiosity made him lose 3 fingers. From that moment, his work has always aimed at denouncing this world of omnipresent danger.
JEFF’s work has been influenced by his own experience, as he was brought up by his grandparents, and spent his childhood separated from his parents in [[Oriente Province]]. When he was 9 years old, his brother found a stick of dynamite and brought it home, JEFF’s curiosity made him lose 3 fingers. From that moment, his work has always aimed at denouncing this world of omnipresent danger. He manipulates the children’s language to create a surprising impression of simplicity. Sailboats made of jagged, rusty metal, or wooden trains transporting severed limbs are some of the toys he created.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Artistic Bedfellows: Histories, Theories and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices|last = Crawford|first = Holly|publisher = University Press of America, Inc (UPA)|year = 2008|isbn = 0761840648|location = Lanham, Maryland|pages = 214–215|url = http://portalescenico.mx/sites/default/files/Crawford,%20Holly%20%28ed.%29%20-%20Artistic%20Bedfellows.%20Histories,%20Theories%20and%20Conversations%20in%20Collaborative%20Art%20Practices.pdf|access-date = 2015-04-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140704184917/http://portalescenico.mx/sites/default/files/Crawford%2C%20Holly%20%28ed.%29%20-%20Artistic%20Bedfellows.%20Histories%2C%20Theories%20and%20Conversations%20in%20Collaborative%20Art%20Practices.pdf|archive-date = 2014-07-04|url-status = dead}}</ref>

He manipulates the children’s language to create a surprising impression of simplicity. Sailboats made of jagged, rusty metal, or wooden trains transporting severed limbs are some of the toys he created.


JEFF began studying art at 13, and when he was 21, got a grant from the [[Ludwig Foundation]] to produce his "Landscape at 21" installation. In 1994, his first solo exhibition at Havana’s [[Museo Alvaro Reinoso]] ("El Rostro Innocente" - The Innocent Face -) made him recognised as a significant artist. His neighborhood would not say the contrary: JEFF often exhibits his sculptures on the street, in front of his house, always seeking for interaction with people.
JEFF began studying art at age 13. When he was age 21, got a grant from the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC) to produce his ''Landscape at 21'' installations. In 1994, his first solo exhibition at Havana’s Museo Municipal de Alquízar Álvaro Reinoso Valdez with ''El Rostro Innocente'' (in English: ''The Innocent Face'') he received his first recognition as a significant artist. ''El Rostro Innocente'' installation featured a classroom full of broken chairs in which on the back of each chair was a pair of lead wings and paintings of fetuses with congenital birth defects covered the classroom walls.<ref name=":0" />


JEFF will be a guest of the upcoming '''Havana Biennial''' (Mars 27-April 30, 2009): he created a herd of 12 metal elephants, which he plans to move from place to place throughout the city during the night.
JEFF was a guest artist of the [[Havana biennial|Havana Biennial]] from March 27 to April 30, 2009. He created a herd of 12 metal elephants, which he moved from place to place throughout the city during the night.


==Awards – Recognition==
==Awards and recognition==
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==Collective Exhibitions==
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==References==
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* [http://www.havana-cultura.com/EN/visual-art/jose-emilio-fuentes-fonseca/cuban-art.html Interview of Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca on Havana-Cultura]
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* {{cite book |title=IV Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo |author=Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (Cuba) |lccn=2005465181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9T0VAQAAIAAJ |year=2005 |publisher=Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.mattress.org/index.cfm?event=ShowArtist&eid=47&id=238&c=Past |title=New Installations, Artists in Residence: Cuba JEFF (José Emilio Fuentes Fonseca) |date=October 2004 |work=mattress.org |publisher=[[Mattress Factory]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104083430/http://www.mattress.org/index.cfm?event=ShowArtist&eid=47&id=238&c=Past |archivedate=2011-01-04 }}
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Latest revision as of 04:56, 19 May 2024

Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca (JEFF)
Born1974
Cuba
MovementOutsider Artist

Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca (JEFF) is an artist who was born in Cuba in 1974. He came to live in Havana at 7 years old, where he still lives and works today. He is frequently referred to as a "Naïve" or "Outsider" artist, since he principally works on themes such as childhood and childishness with a visible passion for toys and children’s art.[1]

Life and career

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JEFF’s work has been influenced by his own experience, as he was brought up by his grandparents, and spent his childhood separated from his parents in Oriente Province. When he was 9 years old, his brother found a stick of dynamite and brought it home, JEFF’s curiosity made him lose 3 fingers. From that moment, his work has always aimed at denouncing this world of omnipresent danger. He manipulates the children’s language to create a surprising impression of simplicity. Sailboats made of jagged, rusty metal, or wooden trains transporting severed limbs are some of the toys he created.[2]

JEFF began studying art at age 13. When he was age 21, got a grant from the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC) to produce his Landscape at 21 installations. In 1994, his first solo exhibition at Havana’s Museo Municipal de Alquízar Álvaro Reinoso Valdez with El Rostro Innocente (in English: The Innocent Face) he received his first recognition as a significant artist. El Rostro Innocente installation featured a classroom full of broken chairs in which on the back of each chair was a pair of lead wings and paintings of fetuses with congenital birth defects covered the classroom walls.[1]

JEFF was a guest artist of the Havana Biennial from March 27 to April 30, 2009. He created a herd of 12 metal elephants, which he moved from place to place throughout the city during the night.

Awards and recognition

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Year Awards
1993 "Mencion en el Salon Prov. Eduardo Abela"
1996 Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC) prize
1999 "A.H.S Antonia Eiriz’s prize"
2000 "La curaduria a la mejor curaduria del año" for "Con un pesar abstraido"

Collective exhibitions

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Year Exhibitions
1993 "Salon Provincial Aristides Fernandez Güines"
1994 "ENA una vez" (IV Bienal de La Habana)
1995 "Molino rojo"
1996 "Espuelas afiladas"
1998 "Festival del Performance Ana Mendieta"
1999 "La Epoca"
"Con un mirar abstraido"
"Pintura"
2000 "Con un pensar abstraido"
"Lo que se sabe no se pregunta"
"Intercambio sin ser conocido"
"VII Bienal de la Habana"
2001 "Intercambio sin ser conocido"
2002 "De tal palo tal astilla"

Solo exhibitions

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Year Exhibitions
1994 "El Rostro Inocente" (The Innocent Face)
1996 "Paisaje a los 21 anos" (Landscape at 21)
1997 Performance "La zorra y el cuervo"
1998 "Cuidado con el niño"
2000 "Mama soy yo!"
2001 "Mucha Suerte"

References

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  1. ^ a b "Havana-Cultura - José Emilio Fuentes Fonseca: contemporary cuban artist". havana-cultura.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  2. ^ Crawford, Holly (2008). Artistic Bedfellows: Histories, Theories and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices (PDF). Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc (UPA). pp. 214–215. ISBN 0761840648. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
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