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Carlos Gamez de FranciscoContemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Floral Background, Realism2025
2025
$7,900
£6,044.97
€6,918.53
CA$11,156.88
A$12,125.61
CHF 6,498.22
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NOK 81,581.22
SEK 75,654.18
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Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Floral Background, Realism
Growing up in Cuba, I was surrounded by silence where music should have been. Western bands like The Beatles, Queen, and Led Zeppelin were forbidden, and even the voices of Cuban exiles—like Celia Cruz—were silenced. Yet, despite the threat of punishment, we found ways to listen. Every sound was fragile, every note a secret. In a home where even a single U.S. dollar could be considered a crime, my father hid money inside bottles within the walls. Words were dangerous, so I learned early to guard my speech. Art became my language of freedom. Through images and symbols, I could express what I could never say aloud. Painting became my sanctuary, my resistance, and my escape—a place where I could invent new realities. At fifteen, my obsession with art took root. Supplies were scarce, so I improvised: watercolor mixed with toothpaste for texture, diesel oil when linseed oil was unavailable, and my mother’s blankets primed with house paint. These limitations did not deter me; they strengthened me. I learned that passion has no excuses, and creativity always finds a way. Art, for me, is survival. It is joy, purpose, and the purest form of freedom. After fifteen years in the United States, I now work with an abundance of materials and the liberty to pursue my vision without fear. This freedom has allowed me to return to the exhilaration I felt as a child—a boundless joy in making. I work across a wide range of media and surfaces, from painting on wood slices and combining watercolor and ink on paper to wool-felting pieces and large-scale wall paintings. My practice celebrates creativity without borders and joy without restrictions. It is an invitation to embrace art as freedom, to find wonder in experimentation, and to remember that even in the darkest circumstances, the act of creating is a revolutionary
joy.
Carlos Gamez de Francisco (b. 1987, Holguín, Cuba) lives and works in Fort Myers, FL, and Louisville, KY. He has received numerous awards, including the Key to the City of Louisville from Mayor Greg Fischer; the Museum Guild Purchase Award at
the Evansville Museum; the SAIC Distinguished Scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and the “Dreammakers” Artist-in-Residence at the Muhammad Ali Museum. He has had solo exhibitions at 21c Museum, Bentonville, AR; Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN; Monica Graham Fine Art, Carmel, CA; Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL; the Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville, KY; and the Colonial Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. Gamez de Francisco is represented in the collections of 21c Museum, Louisville,
KY; the Fashion Resource Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY; the Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville, IN; the Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville, KY; the
Jasteka Cultural Center, Jeffersonville, IN; and Louisville Metro Hall, Louisville, KY. His work has been exhibited at Art Miami (2024), the Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan (2023), Art Market San Francisco (2022), Scope–
Art Basel, Miami (2022, 2021, and 2012), Context Art Miami (2016), Art Southampton (2015), and Art Palm Beach (2014).
- Creator:Carlos Gamez de Francisco (1987, Cuban)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 42 in (106.68 cm)Width: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)Depth: 38 in (96.52 cm)
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- Gallery Location:St. Louis, MO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU97217250482
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Carlos Gamez de Francisco was born in post-revolutionary Cuba in 1987 in a climate of art censorship and limited access to information. He was educated in an academic style heavily influenced by the Russian Academy. This influence and the history of Cuba itself, are the lens through which Francisco creates quasi-historic portraits, narratives and an illusory world. Francisco understood that decontextualizing epochs and artistic symbols are tools that establish a connection between the present and the past. His works explore themes of power, hierarchy, perfection and beauty, repetition, decoration and obscene abundance. His images often depict a sense of happiness and well-being which in turn, insinuates a nonexistent time. Thus, themes and specific figures are examples of distorted reality illustrating his perceptions about life. Francisco focuses on modifying historical periods, fashion, images and contexts using insects, whether realistically represented or not, as imaginary elements recreating new contexts. Mainly, he recreates experiences and memories by superimposing and manipulating historical figures and events. Finally, understanding beauty in its various forms is the motivation for experimenting with non-conventional materials. Francisco’s general approach is to demystify classical beauty and present it as a natural process and in its natural form.
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