Grupo Antillano was a

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n artistic group was formed by 16 artists, between 1975 and 1985, in

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Members of the group

* Rafael Queneditt Morales (Director). Sculpture and engraving * Esteban Guillermo Ayala Ferrer (1929–1995). Graphic and environmental design. * Osvaldo Castilla Romero Sculpture, gold and silver work. * Manuel Couceiro Prado (1923–1981). Painting. * Herminio Escalona González. Sculpture. * Ever Fonseca Cerviño. Painting and engraving. * Ramón Haiti Eduardo. Painting and sculpture. * Angel Laborde Wilson. Painting, drawing, ceramics, humor. * Manuel Mendive Hoyo. Painting, drawing and performance. * Lionel Morales Pérez. Painting and textile design. * Claudina Clara Morera Cabrera. Painting. * Miguel de Jesús Ocejo López. Painting and drawing. * Marcos Rogelio Rodríguez Cobas. Sculpture, drawing, ceramics and painting. * Arnaldo Tomás Rodríguez Larrinaga. Painting and drawing. * Oscar Rodríguez Lasseria. Ceramics, sculpture, drawing. * Pablo Daniel Toscano Mora (born

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, Las Villas, 18 November 1940; died Havana; 14 August 2003). Painting, drawing, cartoons, graphic design.

Exhibitions

* 1968 – ''AFROCUBA: Works on Paper, 1968–2003'' * 1978 – ''Expo-Venta del Grupo Antillano'' in Centro de Arte Internacional,

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; * 1978 – Headquarters of Conjunto Folclórico Nacional, Havana, Cuba * 1978 – VI Festival Internacional de Ballet, Havana, Cuba * 1978 – Temporada de Danza Nacional de Cuba, Havana * 1979 – ''Exposición Homenaje a Fernando Ortíz in Biblioteca Nacional

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, Havana, Cuba'', with guests artists such as

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, René Portocarrero,

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, Anselmo Febles Bermúdez, Roberto Diago, and Armando Posse * 1982 – ''II Festival de la Cultura de Origen Caribeño'', Salón de Exposiciones

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, ''Biblioteca "Elvira Cape"'',

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, Cuba * 1980 – ''Antilska Skupina/Grupo Antillano'' in the House of Cuban Culture,de la Fuente, Alejandro (2013). ''Grupo Antillano: The Art of Afro-Cuba''. University of Pittsburgh Press.

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* 1980 – Gallery of the Cultural Committee,

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* 1981 – Carifesta’81 in International Gallery, Community College,

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* 1981 – ''América negra'' in Instituto del Tercer Mundo,

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* 2013 – ''Drapetomania: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano'' in Galería Arte Universal, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba * 2013 – ''Drapetomania: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano'' in Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba

Collections

Their works are part of the permanent collections of the Casa del Caribe in

References

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