Outsider art out of Cuba - Philadelphia Inquirer review

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Outsider art out of Cuba - Philadelphia Inquirer review

25 Nov 2018

Outsider art out of Cuba - Philadelphia Inquirer review

by AFisher

“Dios lo Bendiga, Mickey” (2016) by Carlos Garcia Huergo

“Dios lo Bendiga, Mickey” (2016) by Carlos Garcia Huergo.

Outsider Art Out of Cuba

Edith Newhall - The Philadelphia Inquirer Nov. 25, 2018

“Dios lo Bendiga, Mickey” (2016) by Carlos Garcia Huergo.

Indigo Arts, Philadelphia’s longtime destination for folk art, is exhibiting a carefully curated show of works by five self-taught Cuban artists.

Two standouts are Carlos Garcia Huergo’s painted and drawn works of cartoon characters on corrugated cardboard and Damian Valdes Dilla’s obsessive drawings of futuristic cities. Both artists have been hospitalized with episodes of paranoid schizophrenia, and their work reflects those acute mental states.

Another highlight is history teacher Leandro Gomez Quintero’s meticulous facsimiles of the battered vehicles populating Cuba. The painters Wayacon (aka Julian Espinosa Rebollido) and Mario Mesa are the other two artists in the show.

Through Dec. 29 at Indigo Arts, 1400 N. American St., 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. 215-765-1041 or indigoarts.com.

Artists Included:

Damian Valdes Dilla

Wayacon (Julian Espinosa Rebollido)

Carlos Garcia Huergo

Mario Mesa

Leandro Gomez Quintero