Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Cruz Azaceta (born April 5, 1942) is a Cuban American painter. Azateca has been active in painting and drawing since the late 1970s. In usually large-format works executed with highly expressive colors, Cruz Azaceta has dealt with themes of urban violence, the type of personal isolation that comes with living in a large and overcrowded city, the hellish conditions created by mismanaged government, the abuses and oppression of dictatorships, and in a number of works done in the late 1980s, the ravages of AIDS. Early life and work Luis Cruz Azaceta was born in Havana, Cuba. As a teenager, he witnessed many acts of violence on the streets of Havana: bombs in stores, cinemas and theaters, shoot-outs, arrests, and torture of citizens by Fulgencio Batista, Batista secret police. In 1959, the Cuban revolution brought jubilation and celebration when Fidel Castro, Castro promised to restore Cuba's constitution and free elections. Months later executions began, businesses were con ...
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Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Cruz Azaceta (born April 5, 1942) is a Cuban American painter. Azateca has been active in painting and drawing since the late 1970s. In usually large-format works executed with highly expressive colors, Cruz Azaceta has dealt with themes of urban violence, the type of personal isolation that comes with living in a large and overcrowded city, the hellish conditions created by mismanaged government, the abuses and oppression of dictatorships, and in a number of works done in the late 1980s, the ravages of AIDS. Early life and work Luis Cruz Azaceta was born in Havana, Cuba. As a teenager, he witnessed many acts of violence on the streets of Havana: bombs in stores, cinemas and theaters, shoot-outs, arrests, and torture of citizens by Fulgencio Batista, Batista secret police. In 1959, the Cuban revolution brought jubilation and celebration when Fidel Castro, Castro promised to restore Cuba's constitution and free elections. Months later executions began, businesses were con ...
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