Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés
Born Cuba, 1971
Graduate from the Superior Art Institute of Havana (ISA), 1995
Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez
Born Cuba, 1969
Graduate from the Superior Art Institute of Havana (ISA), 1994
Los Carpinteros live and work in Havana
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
2010
Drama Turquesa [May 5-July 24, 2010], Ivorypress Art and Books. Madrid.
Opener 19: Los Carpinteros. [April 10 – August 8, 2010], The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, New York, USA.
2008
La Montaña Rusa [March 21- April 26, 2008], Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA.
Sub-Urbano [July 26 - August 23, 2008], Fortes Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
Los Carpinteros [June 1- September 1, 2007], Grand café – services art contemporain, During Estuaire Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Nazaire, France.
2006
Sel et Poivre [February 25 – April 22, 2006], Galerie In SITU, Paris, France.
Faro Tumbado [March 24 – April 27, 2006], Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba. During Dinámicas de la Cultura Urbana, 9th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Los Carpinteros [March 29 – April 1, 2006], Contemporaneamente, Milan, Italy.
Los Carpinteros [June 22 – September 5, 2006], Unosunove and IILA, Rome, Italy.
2005
Los Carpinteros: Inventing the World / Inventar el mundo [April 8 - July 15, 2005], USF Contemporary Art Center, South Florida University, Tampa / [January 21 – April 2, 2006], Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois / [May 6 - July 30, 2006], Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA / [January 27- April 22, 2007], Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada.
En el Jardín [June 2 – July 2], Fortes Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
2004
Downtown [March 12-April], Anthony Grant Inc., New York, U.S.A.
Manual de Trabajo, dibujos. Esculturas Recientes [November 12-December 30], Galería Servando Cabrera, Havana, Cuba.
2003
Novos Desenhos [August 14-September 13, 2003], Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fluido [October 31- January, 2003], Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
2002
Los Carpinteros’ intervention at B. Opening [Summer], Baltic The Center for Contemporary Art, New Castle, England.
Ciudad Transportable [April 7 – June 2, 2002], Contemporary Art Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. USA.
2001
Túneles Populares, Palacio de Abrahante, Salamanca, Spain.
Los Carpinteros, Galeria Camargo VilaVa, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ciudad Transportable [May 20 – September 3, 2001], PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, U.S.A.
Los Carpinteros, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Ciudad Transportable [September 27, 2001–January 13, 2002], Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Los Carpinteros, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
2000
Los Carpinteros, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
1999
Tania Bruguera/Los Carpinteros, Vera Van Laer Galerie, Antwerp, Belgium.
1998
Los Carpinteros. Project Room, Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ARCO’98, Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain.
Mecánica Popular, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Los Carpinteros, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany.
Bili Bidjocka/Los Carpinteros/Rivane Neuenschwande, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, U.S.A.
Los Carpinteros [October 23-November 25, 1998], Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1997
Construimos el puente para que cruce la gente, construimos paredes para que el sol no llegue [March 14, 1997], Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain.
Viejos métodos para nuevas deudas [May 2‑June, 1997], Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba.
Los Carpinteros/Carlos Estévez/Offill Industrial [September 3, 1997], Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, México.
1996
Todo ha sido reducido a la mitad del original [December 12, 1997], Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, Cuba.
1995
Los Carpinteros. Obra Reciente [February 28‑April, 1997], Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain.
Se vende tierra de Cuba [October 16‑22, 1997], L’Entrepot Pour Matériel Pharmaceutique, Nantes, France. Exhibition not shown due to cancellation of Les Allumées Nantes‑La Havanne, 1995 Festival.
Ingeniería Civil, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
1992
Arte‑sano [Fernando Rodríguez Falcón/Alexandre Arrechea/Dagoberto Rodríguez], Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba.
No sitios pintados, Galería Arte 7, Complejo Cultural Cinematográfico Yara, Havana, Cuba.
Pintura de Caballete, Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.
1991
Para Usted [January 28, 1991], Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás, Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
L´art del Menjar. De la natura morta a Ferrán Adriá. [march 15 - July, 10, 2011], La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain.
Sala de Juntas. [feb, 16 - feb, 20, 2011], STAND El País, ARCO2011, Madrid, Spain.
2010
Puntos de Fuga. Arquitecturas posibles [october 6, 2010- January, 11, 2011], Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia.
Pasajes. Viajes por el hiper-espacio [october 6, 2010 - February 22, 2011]. Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial and Thyssen Bornemizsa Art Contemporary. Gijon, Spain.
Lugar Algum [September 17- November 7, 2010]. SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park. June, 2010 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianápolis, USA.
New Décor [ June, 17 – September, 5, 2010] Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
Al calor del pensamiento. Obras de la Daros Latinamerica Collection [February 3 – April 30, 2010], Sala de Arte Ciudad Grupo Santander, Madrid, Spain.
2009
Confluencias Inside, [September 2009 - February 2010] National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum Alburquerque, New Mexico, Mexico.
Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art. [September 26– January,31, 2009], Museum of Contemporary Art , San Diego. USA.
The Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection [April 4 – July 5, 2009], Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
HB Arte Contemporáneo Cubano [March 28 – April 5, 2009], Pabexpo, Havana, Cuba. During 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
2008
Cuba. Art et Histoire. De 1868 a nos jours [January 31- June 8, 2008], Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal in collaboration with Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and Fototeca de Cuba, Pavillon Jean-Noel Desmarais, Montréal, Canada.
Surrounded By Water: Contemporary Cuban Art [February 8 – April 5, 2008] Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, USA.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph [March 6 – October 26, 2008], Kunsthaus Graz, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
Psycho Buildings: Artists Take On Architecture [27 May – 25 August, 2008], Hayward Gallery, London, UK.
The Way Things Are… Works from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection [June 14 – October 31, 2008], Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasy, Torun, Poland.
2007
New Dimensions [March 20- April 29, 2007], Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Luz ao Sul, Bienal de São Paulo-Valencia [March 27 – June 17, 2007], Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain.
Estuaire Nantes-Saint-Nazaire [June 1- September 1, 2007], Escall’atlantic, Saint-Nazaire, France.
New Economy [June 8-July 28, 2007], Artists Space, New York, USA.
Espacios Multiplicados [June 15- July 5, 2007], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion [August 4th – October 28th, 2007], Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Colorado Springs Art Center, Colorado Springs, USA.
Double Vision [September 25 - December 28, 2007], Deutsche Bank, New York, USA.
Volksgarten. Politics of Belonging [September 21, 2007 – January 14, 2008], Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
Homing Devices [October, 2007], Contemporary Art Museum, Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Florida, USA.
2006
Arte de Cuba [January 28 - April 10, 2006], Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo / [May 15 – July 23, 2006], Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Río de Janeiro / [August 14 – October 15, 2006], Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil.
La Huella Múltiple [March 25 – April 27, 2006], Convento San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba. Collateral to Dinámicas de la Cultura Urbana, 9th Havana Biennial,Havana, Cuba.
Nuit Blanche [October 6-9, 2006], Paris, France.
Havana Factory [October 20 – December 10, 2006], Á Chocolatería, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
2005
4to Salón de Arte Contemporáneo [January – February, 2005], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo Arco 2005 [February 10-14, 2005], Madrid, Spain.
Contradicciones y Convivencias: Arte de América Latina 1981-2000 [February 14 – April 25, 2005], Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia.
Armory Show [March 10-14], Fortes Vilaça Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Monuments [April], Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco / [December 9, 2005 – February 7, 2006], White Columns, New York, USA.
Escultura Transeúnte. XX Aniversario de CODEMA [June – July, 2005] Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Manipulations on Economies of Deceit [June 13 - September 16, 2005], Prague Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005, Prague, Czech Republic / Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland.
Biennale de Venecia [June 12 – November 6, 2005], IILA Pavilion; Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, Italy.
Arte Américas [August 11 – September 25, 2005], UPAEP/União Postal das Américas, Spain and Portual, Río de Janeiro, Brazil.
Desedos Fluidos. Positions Between Reality and Fantasy in Cuban and Brazilian Art [September 22 – December, 2005], Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria.
The Hours. Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America [October 4, 2005 – January 8, 2006], Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland / [June 21 – September 2, 2007], Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.
2004
Paper [January 23-February 28, 2004], Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Ahora es el Futuro/The future is now. Contemporary Cuban Artists -Part1 [April 27-June 4, 2004], The Durst Organization with Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art PSCA, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
MOMA at El Museo. Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art [March 5-July 25, 2004], Museum of Modern Art and El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Just On Time [July, 2004], Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Islands [August, 2004], Rhode Island School of Desing, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Art and Architecture 1900-2000 [August, 2004], Palazzo Ducale, Padua, Italy.
Recent Adquisitions: Contemporary Sculpture [November 19, 2004 – January 27, 2005], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A.
Update & Download [November 25, 2004], Casa Benito Juárez, Havana, Cuba.
Miami Art Basel [December 1-5] , 2004, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
2003
Rest in Space, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
Dreamspaces – Entresueños [February 20-April 20, 2003], Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Sentido Común [March, 2003], Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Kaap Helder [June 5-August 3, 2003], Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord (ORW), Den Helder, Holland.
Stretch [June 20-September 1, 2003], The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto,Canada.
4ta Bienal de Artes Visuales de Mercosur [October 4- December 7, 2003], Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2002
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Rest in Space, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway.
Dwelling Project, Gallery Optica, Montreal, Canada.
With Eyes of Stone and Water, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.
The 25th Bienal de Sao Paolo [March, 2003], Sao Paolo, Brazil.
2001
Valencia [May-Jun, 2003], Valencia, Spain.
2000
Playground & Toys. An International Project for Art for the World, Geneva/Hendrik, Christian Andersen Museum, Rome/ New York (traveling show).
7ma Bienal de La Habana [November 17/2000-January 5/2001], Fortaleza de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba.
1999
Arte Cubano. Obra sobre papel, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain.
1998
Trasatlántico [April 14-June 14, 1998], Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
The Garden of Forking Path [April 25-June 14, 1998], Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark/[January-April/1999], Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark/ [April-July], Edsvik Konst & Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden/[August-October], Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.
The Edge of Awareness [May 10-July 12/1998], WHO’s Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland/ [September 13-October 15/1998], PS1,New York, U.S.A./[December 7/1998-January 30/1999], SESC de Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil/[March 4-22/1999], New Delhi, India/[Octobre 13-31/1999], Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy.
CRIA’s Latin Art Sale [May 29,1998], Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Caribe Insular. Exclusión, Fragmentación y Paraíso, [June 19-September 25,1998], Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz/[September 30-November 8,1998], Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
Barro de América. III Bienal Latinoamericana de Arte, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
La Dirección de la mirada [September 1-October 30,1998], Stadhaus, Zurich/[November 7-January 3/1999], Musée de Beaux Arts, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland.
Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island, [September 26-December 13,1998], Arizona State University, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona/[January-March/1999], Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
1997
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ARCO’97 [February 13‑18,1998], Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain.
New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories [March 22‑May 25,1997], Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery/National Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
The Rest of the World [April‑July,1997], Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Zona Vedada [May 2‑June,1997], private residence, Calle 8 y 13, Vedado, Havana, Cuba.
Arte y Ciudad. Festival Internacional de Arte [June,1997], Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellín, Colombia.
Así está la cosa. Instalación y arte objeto en América Latina [July 25‑October 20,1997], Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo A.C., Mexico City, México.
Trade Routes. Africus 97. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Africus Institute for Contemporary Art (AICA), Johannesburg, South Africa.
El arte que no cesa [December 26/1997-January/1998], Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
1996
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo Arco’96 [February 8‑13], Pabellón de Cristal, Madrid, Spain.
Mundo Soñado. Joven Plástica Cubana [February‑March,1996], Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
Río Almendares. Ni fresa, ni chocolate [April,1996], Centro de Conservación, Restauración y Museología (CENCREM), Havana, Cuba.
Domestic Partnerships: New Impulses in Decorative Arts from the Americas [April 26‑June 29,1996], Art in General, New York, U.S.A.
A Dentro/A Fuera: New Work from Cuba [August 29-October 6,1996], Walter Phillis Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
El cine por la plástica [December,1996], Galería Juan David, Complejo Cultural Yara, Havana, Cuba.
Family. Nation. Tribe. Community. Shift. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.
1995
New Art from Cuba [February 24‑April 23,1995], Whitechapel Art Gallery, London[May 6‑June 25,1995], Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K.
Havanna/Sâo Paulo. Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika [March 23‑June 5,1995]. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.
Una de Cada Clase. Fundación Ludwig de Cuba [March 26,1995], Centro de Conservación, Restauración y Museología (CENCREM), Havana, Cuba.
Novísimos Artistas Cubanos. Jornadas Culturales de Cuba en México [June,1995], Casa del Lago, Antiguo Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, México.
El Oficio del Arte [November 16,1995], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
1994
Paisajes [January‑February,1994], Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba.
Utopía [February 11‑March 4,1994], Galería Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba.
Artistas cubanos invitados a la Quinta Bienal de La Habana 1994 [April,1994]. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
Multimedios (collateral to la Quinta Bienal de La Habana) [April‑July,1994], Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba.
Quinta Bienal de La Habana [May 7‑June 30,1994], Museo de la Educación, Havana, Cuba.
Die 5 Biennale von Havana (Fifth Biennial of Havana. Selection) [September 15‑December 11,1994], Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
Nuevas Adquisiones [October 24,1994], Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Subasta. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
XI Bienal Internacional de Arte Valparaíso, Galería Municipal de Arte,
Valparaíso, Chile.
1993
Las metáforas del templo [February,1993], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
Nacido en Cuba, Centro Cultural Mexiquense, Ex Hacienda La Pila, Toluca, Estado de México, México.
1992
Cambio de Bola, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
1991
Miss Expo [April,1991], Galería “El Pasillo”, Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), La Habana, Cuba.
Si TIM tiene TIM vale (collateral to la Cuarta Bienal de La Habana) [November, ,1991], Galería “El Pasillo”, Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
Expreso ISA, Galería de la Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana, Cuba.
Gala del ISA, Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
1990
El Objeto Esculturado [May‑July,1990], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
SPECIAL INTERVENTIONS
2011
Workshop Situación Límite [July 1-3, 2011], Fundación NMAC, Cadiz, Spain.
Sala de Juntas [February 15- 19, 2011], Stand El País. Arco. Madrid, Spain.
2010
100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park [June, 2010], Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianápolis, USA.
2009
Scenery for the ballet Rhapsody, Morphoses: The Wheeldon Company, [October, 2009] New York, E.U.A.
2005
Escultura Transeúnte. XX Aniversario de CODEMA [June – July, 2005] Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
AWARDS
2002 Medalla por la Cultura Nacional, Ministerio de Cultura. Havana, Cuba.
2000 Premio Fomento de las Artes, UNESCO. 7ma Bienal de La Habana. Havana, Cuba.
1997 Premio de encuesta popular, Revista El Mundo. Feria ARCO. Madrid, Spain.
1995-1996 Endowment. Departamento de Exposiciones y Colecciones, Ministerio de Cultura Español. Madrid, Spain.
COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Cisneros Foundation, Miami, Florida, USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio,USA
Cincinnati Museum of Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Coral Capital Art Collection, Panama City, Panama.
Daros Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.
Farber Collection of Contemporary Cuban Art, Miami, Florida, USA
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, New York, New York, USA
Fredrick Weissman Foundation Beverly Hills, California, USA
Fundación ARCO, Museo Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Fundación Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain.
Harn Museum, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C, USA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
LVMH / Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, Paris, France.
Madeira Corporate Services Collection, Funchal, Portugal.
Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain.
Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.
Tate Modern, London, England.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria.
Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA
University of California at Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, California, USA
University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, USA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monographs:
2010
Drama Turquesa. Ivorypress Art and Books, Madrid, España, 2010.
Los Carpinteros. Handwork-Constructing the world.Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary and Verlag der BuchhandlungWalther Konig, Vienna, 2010.
Opener 19. Los Carpinteros. The Francês Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, Mew York. 2010
2003
Los Carpinteros, Institute for Research in Art, published in conjunction with the exhibition “Fluid”, 8th Havana Bienal, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba, 2003.
Selected Books and Catalogues:
2010
Los Carpinteros. Exhibition Catalogue. The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York. 2010. Interview by Ian Berry.
Pasajes.Viajes por el hiperespacio. Obras de la colección Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Laboral centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. Gijón, Spain. 2010.
Psycho Hayward. Artists Take On Architecture. Hayward Gallery, London, 2010. Texts by Dillon Brian, Ralph Ruggof and Jane Rendell.
2008
Heartney, Eleanor. Art and Today. Phaidon Press, London, 2008.
The Way Things Are… Works from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection at Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun, Poland, 2008.
Remba, Natania. Sourrounded by Water: Expressions of Freedom and Isolation in Contemporary Cuban Art. Exhibition catalogue. Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, 2008.
Zyman, Daniela and Alexandra henning, eds. The Way things are. Konig, Cologne, 2008.
2007
Camnitzer, Luis. Conceptualism in Latin American Art: Didactics of liberation. University of Texas press. Austin, Texas.
Harper Glenn and Twylene Moyer. Conversations on Sculpture. University of Washington press, Seattle, 2007.
Homing Devices Latin American and Caribbean Sculpture, USF Contemporary Art Museum/Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 2007. Texts by Corina Matamoros and Noel Smith.
Mena Chicuri, Abelardo, ed. Cuba avant-garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2007. Essays by Magda González –Mora Alfonso and Kerry Oliver Smith.
Ribas, Joao and Stefania Heim, eds. New Economy, Exhibition Catalogue. Artists Space, New York, 2007.
2006
“Vitamine D : Nouvelles perspectives en dessin”, Phaidon, Paris, 2006.
Olivares, Rosa. 100 Artistas Latinoamericanos/100 Latin American Artists. Exit
Publicaciones, Barcelona, 2006.
2002
Alierta, César. Atravesados. Deslizamientos de identidad y género. Exhibition catalogue, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, 2002.
Zaya, Octavio. The Garden of Forking Paths : Contemporary Artists from Latin America. Exhibition catalogue. Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 2002.
2001
Block Holly. Art Cuba: The New Generation, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Essays by Antonio Eligio, Orlando Hernández, Gerardo Mosquera and Eugenio Valdés Figueroa, 2001.
Eliel, Carol S. Los Carpinteros´s Trasnportable City. Exhibition brochure. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2001.
1999
Anselmi, Inés. “Entrevista con Los Carpinteros,” cat. La Dirección de la Mirada. Arte Actual de Cuba, Stadthaus, Zurich, September 2-October 30, 1998/Musée des Beaux- Arts de La Chaux-de Fonds, Switzerland, November 8/1998-January 3/1999.
Zeitlin, Marily, ed. Contemporary Art from Cuba : Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island. Exhibition catalogue. Arizona State University Art Museum, 1999. Essays by Gerardo Mosquera and Antonio Eligio Fernández.
1998
Becker, Wolfgang. cat. Los Carpinteros. Provisorische Utopien, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, May 17-July 26 [illus.], 1998.
Cameron, Dan. Bili Bidjoca/Los Carpinteros/Rivane Neuenschwander. Exhibition brochure. The New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, 1998.
Valdés Figueroa, Eugenio. “Desde el umbral de lo posible,” cat. Los Carpinteros. Provisorische Utopien, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, pp.5-19 [illus.], Germany, May 17-July 26, 1998.
1997
Valdés, Figueroa, Eugenio. Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba. Exhibition Catalogue. Contemporary Art Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Havana, 1997.
1996
Borras, María Lluïsa. “Breve panorama de la pintura cubana,” cat. Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y Sincretismo, Ed. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, p.39, Spain, 1996.
Stellweg, Carla. Domestic Partnerships: New Impulses in Decorative Arts from the Americas. Exhibition brochure. Art in general, new York, 1996.
Valdés Figueroa, Eugenio. “El arte de la negociación y el espacio del juego. El coito interrupto del arte cubano contemporáneo,” cat. Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y Sincretismo, Ed. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, pp.95, 101, 104 [illus.], Spain, 1996.
1995
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Eligio (TONEL). “Los Carpinteros,” cat. New Art from Cuba. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, unpaginated brochure [illus.], U.K., February 24‑April 23, 1995.
1994
Camnitzer, Luis. New Art of Cuba. Exhibition catalogue. University of Texas press, Austin Texas.
1992
Izquierdo Gonzales, Madelíne. cat. Arte‑Sano [Dagoberto Rodríguez, Alexandre Arrechea, Fernando Rodríguez Falcón], Casa del Joven Creador, Havana [hand made print], unpaginated, Cuba, 1992.
Press:
2011
Caruth, Nicole J. Not just desserts. Artnews. [illus.],p.94-97. United States, february, 2011.
Gopnick, Blake. A temple of Learning, without any books. The Daily Pic. March 9, 2011. http://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-pic/2011/3/9/los-carpinteros-at-sean-kelly-gallery
Jarque, Fietta. La explosión de los carpinteros en Arco. El país semanal. Madrid [illus.],p.21-25, Spain, February 6, 2011. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/explosion/Carpinteros/Arco/elpepusoceps/20110206elpepspor_6/Tes
____________. Explossions très contrôlées. Courier International. Paris, No. 1059. [illus.],p.56-57, France, February, 2011.
Jarque, Fietta. Arte en mil pedazos. Suplemento cultural de El País (Babelia). Madrid [illus.],p.10-12, Spain, February 12, 2011.
Los Carpinteros: Rumba Muerta at Sean Kelly Gallery. March, 4, 2011. http://blog.elwatusi.com/2011/03/los-carpinteros-rumba-muerta-at-the-sean-kelly-gallery/
Phinney. M. Go See- New York: Los Carpinteros “Rumba Muerta” at Sean Kelly trought March 19th, 2011. February 2, 2011. artobserver.com.
Reboiras, Ramón. Cuba, Ikea y el arca de Noé. Harper´s Bazzar. Madrid, [illus.],p.84-87, Spain, January, 2011.
Sheets, Hilarie M. Dynamic Duos. Artnews. [illus.],p.86-93. United States, february, 2011.
2010
Drama Turquesa, de Los Carpinteros, en el Ivorypress Art + Books, de Madrid”. Art Cuba, [illus.], Cuba, May 5, 2010. www.artcuba.com
Drama Turquesa, Los Carpinteros. Notemad, Madrid [illus.],Spain, May 3, 2010. www.notemad.net
Espejo, Bea. Los carpinteros. El Cultural, Madrid [illus.],p.30,31., Spain, April 30, 2010.
Fernández-Fontecha, Leticia. Los Carpinteros en Ivorypress Art and Books. Revista claves de Arte, Madrid [illus.]. Spain, May 10, 2010. www.revistaclavesdearte.com
“Exponen cubanos “Los Carpinteros” obra “Drama Turquesa” en España”. En el Show, Mexico, May 8, 2010. enelshow.com
Freiman, Lisa. 100 Acres: Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at Indianapolis Museum of Art, Art Daily, [illus.], United States, June 23, 2010. http://www.artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38779&b=100%20acres
Jarque, Fietta. Una lengua común también en el Arte. Babelia, El País, Madrid [illus.], p. 18, 19, Spain, May 15, 2010.
“Los Carpinteros”, Corneta. Semanario cultural de Caracas, Caracas [illus.], Venezuela, April 22, 2010. www.corneta.com
“Los Carpinteros…drama tropical en Madrid”. El taburete, [illus.], Cuba, .May 7, 2010. eltaburete.wordpress.com
“Los carpinteros en Ivorypress”. Globedia. Madrid [illus.], Spain. May 2, 2010. es.globedia.com
“Los Carpinteros, un duo dinámico en Madrid”. The whole enchilada. El blog global regiomontano,www.dchm.info, Monterrey [illus.], Mexico, April 30, 2010.
Palanco, Belén. “ El colectivo cubano Los Carpinteros crea Drama Turquesa en Madrid” ABC, www.ABC.es, Madrid [illus.], Spain, April 29, 2010.
Pulido, Natividad. “Es absolutamente difícil hacer algo en Cuba sin que sea político”. Cultura- Espectáculos. ABC, Madrid [illus.] ,p.57, Spain, April 30, 2010.
Seisdedos I. Levantar la viga del arte político. Tendencias, El País, Madrid [illus.],s/p, Spain, April 30, 2010.
Sheets, Hilarie M. 100 Acres to Roam, No Restrictions, The New York Times, [illus.], United States, June 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/arts/design/13park.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Los%20carpinteros&st=cse
Sobish. Pablo. Los Carpinteros. On Madrid, Madrid [illus.],s/p, Spain, May 14, 2010.
2009
Se expone en Tokio el “ ojo caleidoscopico” del Thyssen, Público, [illus.], April 3, 2009. www.publico.es.
2008
Alzugaray, Paula. “Estética do Absurdo”, ISTOÉ/2021, Sao Paulo[illus.], p.126, Brazil, July 30, 2008.
Angeline, John. “Los Carpinteros”, Art Nexus, Bogotá [illus.], pp. 132-133, Colombia, No. 69, 2008.
Aquin, Stéphane. “A Highly Symbolic Cuban Work”, The Magazine of the Montreal Museum of Art, Montreal, Canada, September-December 2008.
Baker, R.C. “Los Carpinteros”, Village Voice, New York, p.45, U.S.A, Vol. LIII, No.14, April 2-8, 2008.
Baume, Sara. “Psycho buildings”, Circa Art Magazine, London [illus.], UK, May 27, 2008.www.recirca.com/reviews/2008/texts/psycho%20buildings.shtml
Beauman, Ned. “Psycho Buildings at The Hayward. Radical architectural installations on London’s South Bank”, Dazed Digital. Com, June 3, 2008. dazeddigital.com/article/216/1/psycho_buildings_at_the_hayward
Boucher, Brian. “Los Carpinteros at Sean Kelly”, Art in America, New York [illus.], pp.188-189, U.S.A., june/july, 2008.
Cooke, Julia. “Small Island, Big Art. Collectors open their eyes – and wallets- to Cuba´s new wave of talent”, Art Basel Miami Beach magazine, Miami [illus.], p. 22 and pp.164-165, U.S.A., 2008.
Cripps, Charlotte. “Preview: Psycho Buildings, Hayward Gallery, London / Art is in the house at the Hayward”, The Independent, May 26, 2008, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/preview-psycho-buildings-hayward-gallery-london-834240.htm
Crow, Kelly. “The Cuban Art Revolution”, The Wall Street Journal, New York [illus.], p.6, U.S.A, Saturday/Sunday, March 22-23, 2008.
“Cuba: Art and History from 1868 to Today”, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada, January 31- June 8, 2008, www.mbam.qc.ca/en/expositions/exposition_46.html
Cuba: Art and History from 1868 to Today’ in Montreal.”, Granma, Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2008, Granma.co.cu.
Duehr, Gary. “Surrounded by Water: Expressions of Freedom and Isolation in Contemporary Cuban Art”, Art Scope Magazine, [illus.], February, 2008.
Dudman, Clare. “Psychobuildings at the Hayward”, Keeper of the Snails, The Literary Blog of Clare Dudman, London [illus.], UK, July 14, 2008. keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com/2008/07/psychobuildings-at-hayward.html
Fairs, Marcus. “Psycho Buildings at the Hayward”, Dezeen Design Magazine, London [illus.], UK, May 31, 2008. www.dezeen.com/2008/05/31/psycho-buildings-at-the-hayward
Fulford, Robert. “The Revolution will not be criticized”, National Post, [illus.], Tuesday, February19, 2008. www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=317496
Gabriel, Alexandre; Moraes, Marcia. “Galeria Fortes Vilaça”, Editora Cobogó, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008.
Gronemeyer, Wiebke. “Psycho Buildings at the Hayward curated by Ralph Rugoff”, Whitehot Magazine, [illus.], London, UK, July, 2008. www.whitehotmagazine.com/index.php?action=articles&wh_article_id=146
Guimón, Pablo. “Otra Thyssen reina en el arte”, El País, Madrid [ilus.], Spain, March 6, 2008. www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Thyssen/reina/arte/elpepicul/20080306elpepicul_1/Tes/
Jordan, Cara. “Los Carpinteros”, artUS, [illus.], p. 11, U.S.A, No. 23, Summer 2008.
Kerr, Merrily. “Los Carpinteros, ‘La Montaña Rusa’, Time Out New York, New York [illus.], p. 79, U.S.A, April 16 – 22, 2008.
“La Montaña Rusa”, The ArchitectsNewspaper, New York [illus.], p.15, U.S.A., No. 5, March 19, 2008.
Levin, Kim. “Los Carpinteros”, Art News, New York [illus.], p. 126, U.S.A., June, 2008.
Los Carpinteros”, The New Yorker, New York, p.12, U.S.A, April 28, 2008.
“Los Carpinteros”, Time Out, New York, p.105, U.S.A, April 24-30, 2008.
“Los Carpinteros, ‘Show Room’ at Hayward Gallery”, Tart Magazine, [illus.], July 8, 2008. www.tartmagazine.com/?p=58
Low, Valentine. “News”, Evening Standard, [illus.], May 27, 2008, www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23487686 details/Shock+and+oar+as+new+show+goes+wayward+at+Hayward/article.do
Martí, Silas. “Arte de cubanos questiona arquitectura”, Folha de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo[illus.], Brazil, July 26, 2008.
McGuirk, Justin. “Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery”, Times On Line, [illus.], USA, May 27, 2008. ” entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article4008122.ece
Mcquaid, Cate, “Mixed Feelings on the horizon”, The Boston Globe, [illus.], February 24, 2008. (Photocopy without more info).
Molina, Camila. Fortes Vilaça equilibra a novata e os consagrados”, O estado de S.Paulo, Caderno 2, Sao Paulo[illus.], Brazil, July 29, 2008.
“Montreal recibe la mayor exposición jamás consagrada al arte cubano”, AFP, January 31, 2008, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_hvJMHDSGUj1ZQasZwSYCOSWvrQ
“Panorama of an exploded Show Room”, [illus.], December 23, 2008. virtulobjeq.blogspot.com/2008/12/panorama-of-exploded-show-room.html
“Psycho Buildings: Artists take on Architecture”, Hayward Publishing, Southbank Center, London, United Kingdom, 2008.
Searle, Adrian. “Top of the drops”, Guardian.co.uk, London, UK, May 28, 2008.www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/may/28/art.architecture
Sheets, Hilarie M. “Seeking a Lift from the Contemporary”. The New York Times, U.S.A., March 28, 2007.
Sooke, Alastair. “Hot Ticket: ‘Psycho Buildings’ at the Hayward”, Telegraph, London [illus.], United Kingdom, May 24, 2008, Telegraph.co.uk.
“What´s on: Los Carpinteros”, The Art Newspaper, New York, p. 62, U.S.A, April, 2008.
2007
Berry, S.L. “10 chosen to decorate IMA Art & Nature Park”, The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, U.S.A, February 28, 2007.
Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2007.
Cuban Avant-Garde: Conteporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, [illus.], USA, May 29 – September 9, 2007.
Milroy, Sarah. “A culture of secrecy,” The Globe and Mail, February, 2007, www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribeuser_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20070226.CUBA26%2FTPStory%2F%3Fquery%3DLos%2BCarpinteros&ord=21803009&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
“New Dimensions”, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, USA, March-April, 2007.
Sheets, Hilarie M., “Seeking a Lift from the Contemporary,” The New York Times, New York, U.S.A, March 28, 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/arts/artsspecial/28indianap.html?ref=artsspecial
Smith, Roberta. “Latin American Modernism, the Sequel,” New York Times, Arts and Design Section, New York, U.S.A, November 23, 2007, Nytimes.com.
2006
Castillo, Héctor Antón. “Vía Crucis de una Bienal (Apuntes de un viaje hacia ninguna parte)”, Réplica21, [illus.], May 3, 2006, www.replica21.com/archivo/articulos/a_b/398_anton_bienalh.html
“Desenhos [drawings]: A-Z”, Lisbon, Portugal, Coleccao Madeira, Corporate Services, s/d.
Houlihan, Mary. “The Cuban Mistique: Visual Artists Reaching Out to the World”, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, [illus.], USA, February 26, 2006.
Lutyens, Dominic. “Art in Cuba”, ArtReview Magazine, London, p. 60 [illus.], Great Britain, June-July, 2006.
Milroy, Sarah. “A Culture of Secrecy,” Globe and Mail, Toronto, pp. B1-B3, Canada, February 26, 2007.
Norcia, Audrey. “Los Carpinteros, Sel et poivre”, ParisArt, Paris, [illus.], France, April, 2006, www.paris-art.com/expo_detail-3219-loscarpinteros.html
Robert, Jean-Paul. “Los Carpinteros”, D´Architectures 154, Paris, pp. 2-3 [illus.], France, April, 2006.
2005
Abreu, Andrés. “Equilibrio entre reiterados y debutantes”, Granma, Havana,
p.6 [illus.], Cuba, January 19, 2005.
Alberdi Benítez, Virginia. “Cuba es noticia en la Bienal de Venecia”, Granma, Havana, p.6 [illus.], Cuba, June 22, 2005.
Matamoros, Corina. “Me fui sabiendo que en Tampa…”, La jiribilla, Revista Digital de Cultura Cubana, Havana, [illus.], Cuba, June 11-17, 2005. www.lajiribilla.cu/2005/n214_06/214_02.html
Greene, Pat. Curiosity doesn’t kill this craft. The Orlando Weekly. April 28, 2005.
Henry, Amanda. Los carpinteros: inventing the world/Inventar el Mundo. The Tampa Tribune. April 4, 2005.
Hernández, Abdel. Approaching the carpenters. A plastic exploration of the artifactual dimension. ArteCubano, No.1, Havana, [illus.] pp.44-47, Cuba 2005.
Los carpinteros: Inventing the world/ Inventar el Mundo. USF. University of South Florida. July 15, 2005.
Mulhern, Mary. Hand on/Hands Off. Weekly Planet. The crafty dualities of Cuban artists Los Carpinteros. April, 13, 2005.
Sedano Alvarez, Verónica. “Transmutaciones de lo ordinario a lo extraordinario o cómo salir de la piel del conejo. A propósito de Manual de Trabajo / Esculturas Recientes”, Revolución y Cultura, Havana, pp. 61-63 [illus.], Cuba, No. 1, January-February-March, 2005.
2004
Buhmann, Stephanie. Los Carpinteros: Downtown. The Brooklin Rail. May, 2004.
Guy Nichols, Matthew. Los Carpinteros at Anthony Grant. Art In America. September, 2004.
Li Cabrera, Axel. “Proyección de (e)spacios”, Opus Habana, City Historian Magazine, Havana, Bulletin Nr. 73, May 28, 2004.
“MoMA at El Museo. Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art”,Julio 18, 2004, http://www.elmuseo.org/exhib.html
Reynoso Pohlenz, Jorge. Los Carpinteros: Utopian model makers. Afterall, Issue 9. 2004.
Zeitlin, Marilyn. Los Carpinteros updated. Afterall, Issue 9, 2004.
2003
Atwood, Roger. Rediscovering Latin America. Artnews, June 2003.
Nungesser, Michael. Architectural furniture between parody and Utopia. Culturebase.net, May 12, 2003.
2002
Carpintero´s Trasnportable City. The Contemporary Museum Honolulu. April June, 2002.
Los Carpintero´s Transportable City visits Los Angeles s part of Lacma ´s contemporary projects serie. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 2001.
Dalton, Trinie. Los carpinteros. Bomb magazine. Twentieth anniversary. Winter 2001-2002.
Gopnik, Blake. The armory show, with wit in Store. The Washington Post. March 3, 2002.
Miles, Cristopher. “Los Carpinteros. Your home is my home: the global familiarity”, Art Nexus, Bogotá, No.45, Colombia, July 2002.
Stevens, Mark. “Out of Line. MoMA´s exuberant survey of contemporary drawing rescues the genre from second-class status”, New York, New York, pp. 63-64, U.S.A., December 16, 2002.
2001
Arte Y Parte. Revista de España Portugal e Iberoamérica, Nr. 31, February-March, 2001.
Cembalest, Robin. “Where Rube Goldberg Meets Kafka,” Artnews, New York, pp. 150-51 [illus.], U.S.A., February, 2001.
Cheng, Scarlet. “Have City, Will Travel the Earth”, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, pp.53-54 [illus.], U.S.A., September 23, 2001.
Cogswell, Kelly. The Transportable Cuban City. The Gully.com, [illus.], may 30, 2001.
Israel, Nico. “VII Bienal de la Habana,” Artforum, New York, U.S.A, February, 2001.
“Los Carpinteros: Transportable City”, www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2001/05/24/28594.html.
Sirmans, Franklin. “A Mythical Metropolis Materializes in Queens,” New York Times, New York [illus.], U.S.A., May 20, 2001.
Yablonsky, Linda “Pitching their tents,” Time Out, New York, pp. 81 [illus.], U.S.A., May 31- June 7, 2001.
Sorkin, Jenni. “Los Carpinteros”, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, Frieze, London, UK, October.
“Túneles populares un proyecto para Atlántica”, Atlántica. Revista de arte y pensamiento, Nr. 27, autumn, 2000.
1999
Lowinger, Rosa. “The Object as Protagonist. An Interview with Los Carpinteros,” Sculpture, New York, Vol.18, Nr.10, pp.24-31 [illus], December, 1999.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Los Carpinteros”, ArtNews, New York [illus.], U.S.A., January, 1999.
Stork, David. “InFIDELs,” Detour, Los Angeles, U.S.A., [illus.], February, 1999.
Vives Gutiérrez, María Cristina. “Art contemporain, pas précisément cubain/Contemporary (Not Exactly Cuban) Art,” ArtPress, Paris, Nr.249, pp.34-39 [illus.], France, September, 1999.
West, Judy. “Los Carpinteros,” Artnews, New York, p. 132 [illus.], U.S.A., January, 1999.
1998
“Acerca del café o la construcción de una utopía”. Los Cuadernos del Gusto de Maurizio Cannavacciuolo, Nr.12 [illus.], 1998, Italy.
“The Cubans Are Coming,” ArtNews, New York, p.139 [illus.], U.S.A, September,1998.
Batet, Janet. “Los Carpinteros. Mecánica popular,” Arte Cubano, Havana, Nr.2, pp.68-69 [illus.], Cuba, 1998.
Cameron, Dan. “Estatement Regarding the Acquisitions for ARCO Foundation 1998″. Arco Noticias, Madrid, Nr.11, p.30, Spain, May, 1998.
Castellano León, Israel. “Mecánica Popular,” Juventud Rebelde, Havana, Cuba, May 10, 1998.
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Eligio (TONEL). “A Tree from Many, Shores: Cuban Art in Movement,” Art Journal, New York, Vol.57, Nr.4, pp.62-73 [illus.], U.S.A., Winter, 1998.
Fernández Torres, Jorge. “Todo ha sido reducido a la representación,” Arte Cubano, Havana [illus.], Cuba, 1998.
Fortes,Márcia. “Bili Bidjocka, Los Carpinteros, Rivane Neuenschwander,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, Frieze, London, Nr.42, pp.101-102 [illus.], U.K., July, 1998.
Hudson, Peter. “Lord, We have lost everything,” Mix, Toronto, Volume 23, Nr. 4, p. 64 and cover [illus.], Canada, Spring, 1998.
Mena, Abelardo. “Mecánica Popular: Exposición de Los Carpinteros,” Noticias de Arte, New York, Nr.264, pp.22-23 [illus.], U.S.A., Summer, 1998.
Ollman, Leah. “Los Carpinteros Collaborate on Witty Works. From Cuba, Artists Speak the Language of Absurdity,” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., [illus.], November 6, 1998.
“Project Rooms. Zona de impacto”. Metrópoli. Suplemento de El Mundo, Especial ARCO, February, 1998 [illus.], p.7, Madrid, Spain.
1997
“Los Carpinteros: manos sabias,” Tribuna Hispana, Madrid, p.23 [illus.], Spain, March 1997.
Auerbach, Ruth. “Sexta Bienal de La Habana. La rebelión de las contradicciones,” Estilo, Caracas, Year 8, Nr.32, p.62 [illus.], Venezuela, 1997.
Castaño, Adolfo. “Trabajo de Carpinteros,” ABC Cultural, Madrid, Nr.282, p.24 [illus.], Spain, March 28, 1997.
E.V. “Los Carpinteros,” Arte y Parte, Madrid, Nr.8, p.132 [illus.], Spain, April-May, 1997.
Laurence, Robin. “Young Cubans Subtly Subversive,” The Georgia Straight, pp.53‑54 [illus.], Canada, March 27‑April 3, 1997.
_____________. “Territorial Declaratives,” Border Crossings, Vancouver, pp.51‑53 [illus.], Canada, Spring, 1997.
MacMasters, Merry. “Rompen cubanos el mito del arte dentro y fuera de la isla,” La Jornada, México City, p.30, México, September 2, 1997.
Pozo, Alejandra. “Cuba le dio una mano a ARCO,” Estilo, Caracas, Year 8, Nr.31, p.91 [illus.], Venezuela, 1997.
_____________. “La Habana mayo de 1997. Arte Off-icial,” Estilo, Caracas, Year 8, Nr.32, p.65 [illus.], Venezuela, 1997.
Valdés Figueroa, Eugenio. “Art in Cuba. The Mask: Utopia and Ideology,” Flash Art, New York, pp.53‑55 [illus.], U.S.A., January‑February, 1997.
1996
“Cubanos en Nueva York,” Artecubano, Revista de Artes Visuales, Havana, Nr.2 [illus.], p.85, 1996.
García Gonzáles, Francisco. “Havana” [unpublished text], 4 pp., Cuba, November, 1996.
Hollander, Kurt. “La Bienal de La Habana,” Poliester, Mexico City, Vol.15, Nr.16, México, 1996.
Mosquera Fernández, Gerardo. “Postmodernidad. Arte y política en América Latina,” Art Nexus, Bogota, Nr.68, [illus.], Colombia, 1996.
Oliva Achille, Bonito. “Trópico de la vanguardia,” Diario 16, Madrid, Spain, February 3, 1996/”Tropico dell’Avanguardia”. Espresso, Italy, January, 1996.
Stellweg, Carla. “Domestic Partnerships, Sociedad Doméstica?,” cat. Domestic Partnerships. New Impulses in Decorative Arts from the Americas, Art in General, New York [illus.], [brochure], U.S.A., April 26‑June 29, 1996.
1995
Alvarez, Guadalupe. “Oposición y Defensa. Tesis del grupo Los Carpinteros,” Loquevenga. Revista de Artes Visuales, Havana, Year 2, Nr.1, pp.17-19 [illus.], Cuba, 1995.
Batet, Janet. “En pos de una era cínica?”, Loquevenga. Revista de Artes Visuales, Havana, Year 2, Nr.1, pp.15‑16 [illus.], Cuba, 1995.
Castaño, Adolfo. “Los tres carpinteros,” ABC Cultural, Madrid, Nr.177, p.28 [illus.], Spain, March 24, 1995.
Feaver, William. “Relics of Revolutions,” The Observer, London, U.K., March 5, 1995.
Kent, Sarah. “Cuban Heal,” Time‑Out, [illus.], London, U.K., March 22‑29, 1995.
Reyes Laborde, César. “La malahierba. Artistas jóvenes de Cuba,” El Nuevo Día, San Juan, pp.12‑15 [illus.], Puerto Rico, May 14, 1995.
Sanders, Mark. “Cuba Confronted,” What’s On, London, U.K., [illus.], March 15, 1995.
Sullivan, Edward J. “Cartas de Londres,” Art Nexus, Bogotá, Nr.17, pp.18‑19 [illus.], Colombia, July‑September, 1995.
1994
“Artistas cubanos invitados a la Bienal”, Revolución y Cultura, Havana, pp.53-60 [illus.], Cuba, No. 3, 1994.
Caballero Mora, Rufo. “Los recuerdos del cómplice,” Revolución y Cultura, Havana, Nr.3, pp.10‑18 [illus.], Cuba, 1994.
Cazalla, Jana. “Quinta Bienal de La Habana. Encuentros en la periferia”, Lápiz, Madrid, Year XII, Nr.106, pp.77‑78/81 [illus.], Spain, 1994.
Doswald, Christoph. “The Cuban Art Crisis,” WorldArt. The Magazine of Contemporary Visual Arts, New York [illus.], U.S.A., November, 1994.
Hollander, Kurt. “Report From Cuba. Art, Emigration and Tourism,” Art in America, New York, Nr.10, pp.41‑47 [illus.], U.S.A., October, 1994.
Izquierdo Gonzales, Madelíne. “Las razones del poder y el poder de las razones,” Proposiciones, La Habana, Year I, Nr.1, pp.44‑59 [illus.], Cuba, 1994.
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. “Lo real Habana,” Curare. Suplemento de La Jornada, Mexico City, pp.12‑13 [illus.], México, June 4, 1994.
1993
Izquierdo Gonzales, Madelíne. “Viñetas críticas sobre algunas obras de los participantes en la exposición Las metáforas del templo,” Arte. Proyectos e Ideas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Year I, Nr.1, p.181 [illus.], Spain, April, 1993.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell,” Poliester, Mexico City, Nr.4, pp.18‑27 [illus.], México, Winter, 1993.
1992
“Nova arte cubana”. Gazeta do Povo, Curitiba, Sección Cultura G, p.20, Brazil, 1992.
Camnitzer, Luis. “La IV Bienal de La Habana,” Arte en Colombia, Bogota, Nr.50, p.107, Colombia, April, 1992.
