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Rene Peña Figurative Photography

Cuban, b. 1957
René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Havana, Cuba in 1957. His photography is characterized by stark contrasts, between black and white, subject and background, subject and object. His work often focuses on the duality between human inability to escape institutionalization and human desire for individualism. His interest in contrast is also reflected in his place of residence: Peña currently inhabits the Cerro neighborhood of Cuba which is home to a mostly poor African-Caribbean population, despite having been an enclave of Havana's richest families in the 19th century. René Peña graduated from the Higher pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Havana with a specialization in English in 1983. In the late 1980s he entered the national world of photography and since 1990 became leader of the new trends of Cuban photography, first by handling interiors and domestic situations in modern-day Cuba and later making studies of his own body in aspects such as negritude, sexual ambiguity and the influence of consumerism through self-portraits. He conceives his series on the basis of a conceptual, formal and structurally different analysis of all the parameters established up to the present, going from a brutal expressionism to a distinct homoeroticism, with strong mystic elements, trends from experimental painting, and a certain theatrical dramatization.
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Artist: Rene Peña
Mesurage

Mesurage

By Rene Peña

Located in Denton, TX

Mesurage, 1994 Toned gelatin silver print 18 x 12 in. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. From the series "El cocinero, el ladron, su mujer, y su amante" (The cook, t...

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Solitario - Man, Tuxedo, Table, Playing Cards, Eggshells, Blue, Cuban artist
Solitario - Man, Tuxedo, Table, Playing Cards, Eggshells, Blue, Cuban artist

Solitario - Man, Tuxedo, Table, Playing Cards, Eggshells, Blue, Cuban artist

By Rene Peña

Located in Denton, TX

Solitario by Rene Peña is a black and white photograph of a man, tinted blue, sitting behind a table. He looks down at the various items scattered before him, including playing cards...

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