Arturo Rodríguez
Terra Incognita / Variation on Courbet (The Meeting) XX, 2021
oil on canvas
66 x 90 inches

LnS GALLERY is thrilled to present Arturo Rodríguez: Terra Incognita, Rodríguez’s second solo exhibition at LnS Gallery. The body of paintings presented reflect the artist’s personal exploration of his internal psyche during the past three years. Arturo Rodríguez: Terra Incognita is accompanied by an exhibition essay researched and written by Lynette M.F. Bosch, Ph.D.

The main inspirations of the imagery found throughout the series harken back to literature, from Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” and Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s “Journey to the End of the Night,” to Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick.” The semi-autobiographical texts parallel Rodríguez’s artistic journey – his struggles and triumphs – and are presented through a fused amalgamation of images rooted in both fiction and reality.

Arturo Rodríguez (*1956 Ranchuelo, Cuba) lives and works in Miami, Florida. Rodríguez was awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in Visual Art in 2014 and is a two-time CINTAS Fellowship recipient (1982 & 1988). He holds an extensive exhibition history, with notable solo shows including, Arcimboldo’s Ghosts, LnS Gallery, Miami, FL (2018), Arturo Rodríguez : The School of Night, shown across New York, NY and Miami, FL (2014), Human Comedy, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL (2006), Arturo Rodríguez, at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (2002), The Floating Self – Arturo Rodríguez, CDS Gallery, New York, NY (1989), and Exiles – Arturo Rodríguez, Durban Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain (1983).

Group shows include the traveling exhibition, Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, spearheaded by the American Art Museum (Smithsonian), Washington, DC (2013-2014), Lists: To Dos, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (2011), Season’s Greetings from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian’s Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC (2010), Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2008), and Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Centro de Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain (1996).

His work resides in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), the American Art Museum: Smithsonian (Washington, DC), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem), Maria Zambrano Museum (Malaga, Spain), Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, FL), Art Museum of the Americas (Washington, DC), Pérez Art Museum (Miami, FL), the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami (Miami, FL), and now the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY).