Carlos Llanes (b. Melena del Sur, Cuba, 1956), an architect of abstract forms, turns the universe of the indeterminate into unobstructed compositions; his works are physical metaphors of conflicting forces, of intricate struggles between opposites that emerge in harmony towards the surface of the canvas, a balance that only manifests itself through the intricate reciprocity between the beholder's eye and the painter's hand conducting rhythmically through a soothing flood of perceptual stimuli.
In the superimpositions of layers of color, in the broad strokes or drips that create volumetric effects, and in the accumulation of pigment that loads an area of the painting with reliefs that make the beholder's eye descend towards another room. Thus, these abstract Carlos Llanes canvases also generate a perceptual ambivalence between the urge to revel in the pure pictorial matter and its inexhaustible sensory effects and the tendency to transform these paintings with our perception into incredible rural landscapes. Two different fractions delineate the compositional structures of these pieces: At first, Carlos begins to concentrate pictorial matter in the lower plane of the painting; this telluric congestion of color then gives way to a higher plane, dominated by foggy whites and grays as if it were the horizon of a mystical twilight whose mists seem to descend on fiery mountains and hills in an apotheosis of the most rebellious and immeasurable nature.
- HAMLET FERNÁNDEZ - ART CRITIC AND PROFESSOR (UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 THRUS Morro Cabaña, 12 Bienal de La Habana, La Habana.
2014 A Diestra y Siniestra, Melena del Sur, Mayabeque, Cuba.
2010 Nada que decir, Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba.
2008 Zona dos, Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba.
2008 En Zona, Havana, Cuba.
2008 Ambiente Citadino, Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba.
2007 Galleria Bona, Sforrza Bari, Italy.
2007 Exposición en la Academia de Arte, S.A.B, Artemisa, Cuba.
2007 En Sombras, Guines, Mayabeque, Cuba.
2006 Sur 2, Asociación Canaria, Havana, Cuba.
2006-7 Expositions in Bari, Italy.
2004 Entre Malezas S.A.B Artemisa, Cuba.
2004 En Pirámides, Güines, Mayabeque, Cuba.
2004 Confesiones de Paisajes, Bejucal, Mayabeque, Cuba.
2003 Paisajes por Carlos, Casa Museo Hurón Azul, Havana, Cuba.
2003 Invitación, Centro Provincial del Libro, Havana, Cuba.
2002 Escondrijos, Galería Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017-8 Expositions in the Milander Center, Miami.
2016 Coloquio de Ron, Varadero, Cuba.
2015 XII Bienal de la Habana, Morro Cabaña” Cuba.
2014 100 años de Abstracciones, Havana. Cuba.
2012 Tengo algo que decir Fresa y Chocolate, Havana, Cuba.
2012 Sabor y Arte, Casa de México, Havana, Cuba.
2012 De lo Real a lo Pintado, XI Bienal de Havana, Cuba.
2011 Abstracciones, Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba.
2010 La Otra Realidad, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
2010 Irrupciones, Galería Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.
2010 Expo Festival del Cine Pobre Gibara. Holguín, Cuba.
2010 Bajo la sombra del árbol, Galería Servando Cabrera, Havana, Cuba.
2010 Expo Colectiva Museo Pascali. Polignano a More. Porticato, Italy.
2010 Dándole agua al domino, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
2010 Aniversario muerte de Martí, Galería El Paso, Santi Spiritus.
2009 Restaurarte, Décima Bienal de La Habana. Havana, Cuba.
2009 Panorámica Abstracción, Hotel Panorama, Havana, Cuba.
2009 Equilátero, Décima Bienal de la Habana” Havana, Cuba.
2009 Este Hombre es mi Amigo, Memorial José Martí, Havana, Cuba.
2009 Armonía, Galería Servando Cabrera. Havana, Cuba.
2008 XIII Festival internacional de Poesía, Havana, Cuba.
2007 Paráfrasis, Bienal de Arte y Salud Mental. Casa África, Havana, Cuba.
2006-7 Expositions in Bari, Italy
2006 Cubarte, Hotel Degli ArgonautiI. Marina di Pisticci - Mantera. Italia.
2006 Abstracciones, San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba.
2005 Constantes Abstractas, Galería de Arte Orígenes, Havana, Cuba.
2004 Destellos, Galería de Arte HERCAR, Havana, Cuba.
2002 Formalmente Informal, Museo Hurón Azul, Havana, Cuba.