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Cantos de Sirenas (Songs of Sirens)
Selection for Untitled Art Fair
"Cantos de Sirenas" by Cuban artist Diango Hernández (Cuba, 1970), are is latest paintings and drawings from the exhibition in Milan. WIZARD GALLERY brings a selection of 4 Cantos de Sirena to Untitled Miami Art Fair 2023.
Diango is known for his use of waves as his font, that he calls Olaismo, the language of the sea. The story of the Sirens of Homer is the starting point of the recent series of works.
Informed by the rhythms and moods of the ocean, his artworks evoke a sense of fluidity and movement that draws viewers deep into their depths. Through his unique artistic vision, reminding us of the interconnectedness of all life and the irresistible allure of the sea.
The ethereal song of the sirens wafts through the salty sea breeze, drawing sailors towards rocky shores. Waves provide a rhythmic background to their haunting melodies as sailors lose themselves in the hypnotic beauty of the siren's song. As Kandisky, Diango draws parallels between colors and musical tones, suggesting that colors, like music, can evoke specific abstract expression of a myth that as well expreses life itself.
“Waves are the language of the sea. A language that can be used for painting, for creating images of a more fluid world, a world without rigidity a liquid world.” Diango.
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CURRENT EXHIBITION
SOLO SHOW MILAN
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PAST EXHIBITIONS
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Diango Hernández. Olaismo
SOLO SHOW 28 March - 28 April 2022FL GALLERY | WIZARD are pleased to present Olaísmo, an individual exhibition by Diango Hernández (Cuba, 1970) at the gallery in Milan (Via Aurelio Saffi, 6). Diango is one of... -
Diango Hernández . Nuestra America
SOLO SHOW 6 - 30 June 2018Text extract used for the wall painting. Two first paragraphs of Nuestra America. José Martí, Published in El Partido Liberal (Mexico City), January 20, 1891 (…) The pompous villager thinks... -
Diango Hernandez. Hurricanes
SOLO SHOW 4 January - 11 March 2016Hurricanes, Diango Hernández’s second solo show at Federico Luger (FL GALLERY) in Milan, takes as its starting point the specific site of intervention: The space is a former strong room... -
Diango Hernández. Diamonds and Stones: My Education
SOLO SHOW 8 February - 4 April 2008While a part of the world awaits Castro’s final death certificate, and the United States set the countdown to start exporting democracy to the island of Cuba, Diango Hernández’s new... -
Diango Hernandez. Eleven Mistakes
SOLO SHOW 1 August - 8 November 2005Eleven Mistakes is a series of 11 paintings made by the artist in 2005 during his stay in Trento, Italy. These large-format works are very characteristic because they have been...
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Diango Hernández
BiographyDiango Hernández (b. 1970, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba) began his artistic practice in Cuba in 1994 as a co-founder of Ordo Amoris Cabinet, a group of artists and designers who focused on invented solutions for home design objects to compensate for a permanent shortage of materials and goods. The artist moved to Europe in 2003 and currently lives and works in Düsseldorf.
His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle, Basel (2006) and the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (2007). His work was exhibited in the Arsenale as part of the 51st Venice Biennale and the Biennale of Sydney and the São Paulo Biennial, both in 2006. His work was the subject of a critically acclaimed exhibition of new work, “Losing You Tonight,” at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen (2009) and in 2010 two installations were included in “The New Décor” at the Hayward Gallery, London.
A survey exhibition of his work took place at Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea (MART) in Rovereto in 2011-12. In 2013, Marlborough Contemporary, London presented a solo exhibition of his work “The New Man and the New Woman.” His work was the subject of a solo exhibition “Socialist Nature” in 2014 at Landesgalerie, Linz. Hernández has had solo exhibitions at Marlborough Contemporary, London and the Kunsthalle Munster in 2015. In 2016, a solo exhibition of Hernández’s work, titled “Theoretical Beach,” took place at the Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen. In
Diango has participated actively in the recent Editons of Art Basel Miami and Basel, in the main sections and has been past of Art Basel Unlimityed, ARCO Madrid and new exhibitions in Milan and Madrid. He has exhibited with WIZARD GALLERY since 2005. The latest shows were Olaismo in 2022 and Cantos de Sirenas in 2023
Selected Public Collections
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany ■ The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA ■ Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany ■ Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany ■ PAMM, Miami, USA ■ Artpace, San Antonio, USA ■ Museum of Fine Art Huston, Huston, USA ■ Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany ■ Kunstsammlung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ■ INHOTIM, Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ■ PHILARA, Düsseldorf, Germany ■ MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy ■ CAB de Burgos, Burgos, Spain ■ Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France ■ Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein ■ Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany ■ Rheingold Collection, Düesseldorf, Germany ■ Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany ■ Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Leon, (MUSAC), Spain ■ Colección Bergé, Madrid, Spain
