JORGE LUIS ÁLVAREZ PUPO
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It is an unwritten love letter to all the people who were
Although I have been using the body in most of my
able to open their hearts and share some very important
previous works, it is the first time I got myself “naked”
moments of their existence.
and got over my fear of losing control of the image. This is an attempt to speak from my guts.
”This is not a love song” is a series peppered with personal metaphors. I don’t expect people to understand it
The aesthetic choices for this series rely on the neces-
in a purely cerebral fashion.
sity of getting rid of all the merely polite sympathy contained in the expression “I’m sorry about your loss”,
My objective is to awake a sensation common to all of
that I heard far too many times.
us, the shared emotional core of experience that we feel before we rationalize and convert it into a private pre-
I am using warm tones and harmonic compositions to
cinct. I followed this thread to enlighten my soul after I
add beauty to the images and to seduce the observer.
lost too many people I loved. It is full of pain and joy.
I expect people to come closer to what they see and feel...Instead of just walking by.
In this series I focused on the tiny details that fuel my life. I am creating these images as stories based on memories of ephemeral moments of sweetness, passion and
Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo December 12th 2016
pain, by using body language as an instrument of expression.
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JORGE LUIS ÁLVAREZ PUPO www.pupophoto.com / artpupo@gmail.com + 32 486 31 67 58 (Belgium)
Born in Havana City, 1970. Cuban nationality. Free Lance. Lives and works in Brussels Belgium. Member of UNEAC (Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba)
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STUDIES • Master in Litterature and English Language, University Pablo Lafargue Habana, Cuba • Graduated photography at the International Institute for Journalism ¨José Martí ¨, Havana, Cuba • MAINE Photographic Workshop, held in Cuba, • Photojournalism Workshop 2002, Americas House, sponsored by the British Council, Professor : Collin Jacobson, editor to Reportage SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 “ Wandering Ways”, collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial, Arab Union of Cuba, Havana, Cuba 2011 “ Trance ”, video installation, colloquium Pierre Verger “ Fatumbi ”, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba 2005 “ I was born kind of Blues ”. Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba 2005 “ Invoke Ogoun ”. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil 2003 “ 7 days in Toulouse ”, Toulouse Music Festival, France. (Main Artist) 2002 “ Vivencias ”, Concha Ferrant Gallery, Cuba 2002 “ Visions ”, Fototeca de Cuba 2001 “ Reunion ”, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba 2000 “ Roots ”, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS. 2017 “ Wandering Ways”, Festival Cubalandz, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium. 2017 “ The Light in Cuban Eyes”, The photographers show AIPAD 2017, Pier 94, New York, USA. 2015 “ The Light in Cuban Eyes”, Jenkins Johnson Galley, San Francisco, USA. 2015 “ The Light in Cuban Eyes”, Robert Mann Gallery, New York. 2012 “ Water … the Masculine and Feminine”, Fine Arts Museum, Havana, Cuba. 2012 “ Thinking in common/ thoughts”, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba. 2010 “ Cuban Portraits ”, Contemporary Art Center Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba 2010 “ Neg Mawon : Spirit of resistance from the Caribbean to the U.S. ”, United Nations Headquarter, New York
2008 “ Group Show ”, Skoto Gallery, New York 2007 “ Selected Works ”, Skoto Gallery, New York 2007 “ The other side of the Soul ”, Tenerife, Spain 2006 “ Descubrimientos ” Award exhibition, PhotoEspaña-2006, El Matadero, Madrid. Spain 2005 “ The other side of the Soul ”, Kornhausforum, Bern, Switzerland 2005 “ Diaspora Cuba ”, La Saline Royale, Paris, France 2005 “ Alguien nos Mira ”. FNAC photo Collection. Museu Valencià de Il-Ilustració i la Modernitat ( MUVIM), Valencia, Spain 2004 “ Images entre Historie et Poésie ”, La collection photographique de la FNAC. Conciergerie. Paris, France 2004 “ Religions of Cuba ”, Patterson Museum, New Jersey, USA 2004 “ Crosscurrents ”, Refugium Gallery (European month of photography), Berlin, Germany 2003 “ The other side of the Soul ”, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba 2003 “ La photographie contemporaine à Cuba ”, FNAC Wilson, Toulouse, France 2003 “ Imágenes Havana ”, Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Cuba
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2003 “ Diaspora Cuba ”, (Special mention of the jury) International Biennial for photography, Bamako, Mali 2003 “ Panorama of Cuban Photography ”, National Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2003 “ Pulsiones ”, José Martí National Library, 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba 2002 “ Cuba Today ”, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Miami. 2003 “ Cuba Today ”, Cornell Museum of Art and History, Palm Beach. (Photofusion-2003). 2002 “ Rituals ”, International Press Centre, Havana, Cuba 2002 “ La photographie contemporaine á Cuba ”, FNAC Etoile, Paris, France 2001 “A winter in Havana”, “ Morro-Cabaña Fortress Gallery”, Havana, Cuba PUBLICATIONS • ESPN • The Guardian • Vanity Fair • L’Equipe Magazine • Le Soir newspaper • Arte Cubano magazine
• Fotografía Cubana Magazine
• Washington Post (Interview to Viggo Mortensen) • El Dia, Spain
• Art Fórum magazine
• Paris Photo Magazine
• Photo Magazine, France • Rézo Afrique magazine
• Palm Beach Daily News, USA • Photovision Magazine
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BOOKS • The Light in Cuban Eyes, Lake Forest College, 2015. • The Allure of a Gaze: Body photography in Cuba (1840-2013), Editions Polymita, 2014. • Les annés Cuba, Editions de L´aube, 2002 • Trance, Santa Monica, Percevalpress, 2003. www.percevalpress.com (included on the Top Ten list in an article on November issue of Art Forum magazine 2004)
• Mapas Abiertos : Contemporary Latin American Photography 1992-2002, Barcelona, Lunwerg Editions, 2005 • El otro Lado del Alma, Switzerland, Oehrli editions, 2005 COLLECTIONS Museum of Albertina [Austria], Pinacoteca do Estado [São Paulo, Brazil], Fototeca de Cuba [Havana, Cuba], Govinda Gallery [Washington D.C.], FNAC photographic collection [Paris], Lehigh University Collection [US]. Others private collections from United States, Brazil, Austria, France, Italy, Belgium.
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All rights reserved Š Jorge Luis Alvarez Pupo March 2018
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