Manuel Mendive: Nature, Spirit, and Man | A Kennedy Center Digital Stage Original

One of Cuba’s most revered living artists, 74-year-old Manuel Mendive is perhaps the most important Afro-Cuban artist to ever emerge from Cuba. Mendive works across media-including paint, wood, and organic matter-to create art that is strongly influenced by the Santería religion, expressing ways in which African heritage has shaped his country’s national identity and culture. Fragmento de Paisaje is a series of dreamscapes where people, animals, plants, and clouds morph into one another, reflecting his vision of the universe as one. Commissioned for the festival, "La Naturaleza, El Espíritu, y El Hombre" (Nature, Spirit, and Man) represents a new artistic direction for Mendive, who has crafted three-dimensional sculptures that may be experienced from both the interior and exterior.
Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! bit.ly/2gNFrtb

[@earthnativa]

Many say Mendive is my dad, we bear some resemblance and I really appreciate his wisdom. The last time we physically met was in 2006 in Ghana. I look forward to see him again, Kennedy center, please put me in touch I miss him a lot

[@damasoortega3387]

FANTASTICA , FACINANTE UNA EXACTA DESCRIPCION MISTICA DE LA PROPIA BELLEZA DE NUESTRA NATURALEZA MAS LA PARTE MAS POETICA Y ESPIRITUAL DE NUESTRAS RAISES AFRICANAS ! LA OBRA DE MENDIVE PORTA AL ESPPECTADOR FORMAS , COLORES Y UNA NARRACION QUE DEMUESTRAN UN SELLO MUY PERSONAL DEL ARTISTA! UNA OBRA MADURA ,EXTREMADAMENTE INCONFUNDIBLE, QUE HA SABIDO SALIR A OTROS MUCHOS RECURSOS PARA EXPREZARSE ATRAVEZ DE LOS TIEMPOS TAL Y COMO ES MARAVILLOSAMENTE INTEMPORAL! BRAVO!

[@isabellemougeot9291]

c'est magnifique vivant sensible

[@joaquinportocarero5619]

!!!!!!!!!

[@ivi0900]

Song?