Jose Manuel Fors Cuba, b. 1956
127 x 24.1 cm
Exhibitions
“Palimpsesto,” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba (Edificio de Arte Cubano, Sala temporal, 3er nivel), Havana, Cuba, December 22, 2017 – February 2018 (Large-scale solo exhibition prepared by the museum to honor the artist as Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas 2016. It featured the Columna, 2017/2018, a vertical paper installation as part of the monumental floor installation.)
“Candies: Homage to Felix Gonzalez-Torres,” Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida, United States, 2019 (Included Columna, 2019, a mixed-media sculpture, alongside other works from the artist’s memory-themed series.)
“Beyond Paper Boundaries,” Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida, United States, February–March 2020 (Featured works from the Columna series, continuing the exploration of vertical paper assemblages and accumulated memory.)
“Archipiélagos Tangentes,” 2023 (Featured later variants of the Columna series alongside Palimpsesto works.)
Art Miami 2019, Miami Beach, Florida, United States, December 3–8, 2019
Art On Paper 2020, Pier 36, New York, New York, United States, March 5–9, 2020
Art Miami 2021, Miami Beach, Florida, United States, November 30–December 5, 2021
Art On Paper 2022, New York, New York, United States, September 8–11, 2022
Literature
"José Manuel Fors" (décimo volumen, Colección Espiral), ArteCubano Ediciones, Havana, 2017 (Monograph/catalog published on the occasion of the 2017 Palimpsesto solo exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; includes documentation of the Columna installation presented therein.)
"Acumular, acumular, acumular..." by Laura Arañó Arencibia, Boletín MNBA (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes), junio 2017