Carlos Luna Art
Cuban, b. 1969
Carlos Luna’s oeuvre is an amalgam of native Cuban influence from twentiethcentury artists such as Wifredo Lam, Mario Carreño, and Cundo Bermudez, among others, and the profound influence of Picasso’s and Gris’ Cubism and Leger’s futurist embrace of the machine age. Luna finds inspiration in the naïve and the provincial resulting in an individuation that melds Mexico’s penchant for the macabre and the primitive with the art of western academy and results in his inventive exploration of these culturally diverse artistic forces.
Duality is a common theme in Cuban art, and Luna’s art embodies the internal struggles of an artist who has been uprooted. Part of the 1980’s artistic revolution in Cuba, Luna relocated to Puebla, Mexico and there enriched his unique style through the incorporation of Cuban icons with Mexican bravado of cultural practice and language, the storytelling of Mexcian muralism and even the horror vacui of the Latin American baroque. Luna approaches his paintings from the point of view of the conservator, almost as if restoring the discarded billboard or poster from a bygone era. Akin to a resurrection, Luna’s meticulous method involves building up layers of paint only to scrape them away, leaving them in an abraded state, then building up again in fresh layers that take on a much more refined and highly polished surface of painstaking detail, subtle modeling of form and brilliant colors.
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Artist: Carlos Luna
Elefante - Bronze Small-Scale Latin American Elephant Sculpture, 2013
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Carlos Luna. "Elefante" is a bronze sculpture depicting an detailed yet abstracted elephant by Latin American artist Carlos Luna. Edition 8 of 8.
Signed lower left.
C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
Materials
Bronze
10 Maneras de Volar 10 - Abstract Latin American Gouache on Paper, 2010
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
10 Maneras de Volar 10 is a gouache and charcoal on Amate paper by Latin American artist Carlos Luna. Executed in black, brown, deep blue, red and white, the work depicts a flying, p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
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Sin titulo - Bold Abstract Latin American Work on Paper, Figure and Lion
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media on paper work by Latin American artist, Carlos Luna.
Signed lower right.
Carlos Luna’s oeuvre is an amalgam of native Cuban influence from twentieth century artists su...
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Sin titulo - Abstract Blue
White, Latin American Work on Paper Figure
Horse
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media on paper, this painting by Latin American artist Carlos Luna, depicts an abstracted and stylized horse running again a blue filagreed background with a man and woman lo...
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Mesitos - Abstract Figurative Latin American Work on Paper in Blue and Black
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Mesitos" is an abstract mixed media on paper work by Carlos Luna in 2012. The artwork is 23 1/4 x 31 1/4 inches and 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 x 2 1/4 inches with the frame, weighing less than...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
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Bimbam Portrait - Bold Oil Painting on Canvas, 2009
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An oil on canvas executed in saturated and bright reds, orange, black and white, Bimbam, by Latin American artist Carlos Luna, depicts the face of a man wearing a hat and looking out...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
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Corriendo - Abstract Figurative Latin American Mixed Media on Wood Blue
Black
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Corriendo is a mixed media on wood painting executed in deep and brilliant blue, white and black by Latin American artist Carlos Luna. Corriendo depicts an abstracted man, leg flung ...
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2010s Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
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Mixed Media, Wood
Untitled - Abstract Figurative Latin American Work on Paper in Blue and Black
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is an abstract mixed media on paper work by Carlos Luna in 2012. The artwork is 22 3/4 x 30 3/4 inches and is 31 5/8 x 39 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches with the frame, weighing less ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
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Mixed Media
Waiting - Abstract Figurative Latin American Mixed Media on Wood Red and Black
By Carlos Luna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media painting on wood, Waiting depicts an abstracted woman in a white blouse and flowing black skirt against a deep red filigreed background, the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Carlos Luna Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood
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