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Oral history interview with Enrique Guy Garcia

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Enrique Guy Garcia, 1998 Mar. 18, Transcript
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Object Details

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GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw910ee5ee8-8e31-41dd-99d8-a869b3f169a7
Interviewee
Garcia, Enrique Guy, 1928-
Interviewer
Martínez, Juan A.
Topic
Latino and Latin American artists
Artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
Painters -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
Sculptors -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
Artists -- Cuba -- Interviews
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Florida -- Miami
Cuban American art
Cuban American artists
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.
Interviewee
Garcia, Enrique Guy, 1928-
Interviewer
Martínez, Juan A.
Sponsor
This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Biographical / Historical
Enrique Guy Garcia (1928-) is a sculptor and painter from Miami, Fla. Born in Havana, Cuba.
Extent
1 Sound cassette (Sound recording, analog)
73 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1998 Mar. 18
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.garcia98
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Enrique Guy Garcia conducted 1998 Mar. 18, by Juan A. Martinez, in Garcia's studio, Miami, Fla., for the Archives of American Art.
Garcia discusses his early interest in drawing; enrolling in art school as a teenager in Santiago de Cuba; attending Havana's San Alejandro Art Academy and studying painting with Leopoldo Romanach and Domingo Ramos, and modeling for sculpture classes where his interest in sculpture developed; going to Mexico City upon graduation to study fresco painting; returning to Cuba and working in organizing craft workshops; becoming dissatisfied with the political situation in Cuba and accepting an UNESCO grant to study art in Italy; seeking political asylum on his return from Italy; living in New York and working in a foundry; moving to Miami in the mid-1970s; his sculpture, which is primarily bronzes; his abstract expressionist style; his series of works in the 1980s, "Head," and "Icarus"; his current work, "Columns"; and an upcoming exhibition in Venezuela.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.garcia98
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw910ee5ee8-8e31-41dd-99d8-a869b3f169a7
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Record ID
ebl-1596360686870-1596360686872-0
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