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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Feliciano Centurión, Untitled [Angel], c. 1993
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Feliciano Centurión, Untitled [Angel], c. 1993
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Feliciano Centurión, Untitled [Angel], c. 1993

Feliciano Centurión

Untitled [Angel], c. 1993
Acrylic paint and embroidery on silk cushion
27 cms in diameter
10 5/8 inches in diameter
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Feliciano Centurión, Untitled [Angel], c. 1993
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Feliciano Centurión, Untitled [Angel], c. 1993
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Feliciano Centurión, Untitled [Angel], c. 1993
This work was selected for the 5th Havana Bienal in 1994 (directed by Llilian Llanes) which would have been hugely significant for Centurión at the time. The Havana Bienal had...
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This work was selected for the 5th Havana Bienal in 1994 (directed by Llilian Llanes) which would have been hugely significant for Centurión at the time. The Havana Bienal had already established a reputation for its championing of artists from the Global South and in particular Latin America and the Caribbean.

In his work, Centurión often welcomed a clash between kitsch, quaint designs and his own highly personal, visual and textual additions. Unlike the cheap, plain woolen blankets that the artist often used, this cushion appears more decadent, it has a deep purple silk trim and an ornate, almost baroque, floral design. Centurión chose to decorate this cushion further with the embroidered figure of an angel, another nod towards his beliefs and an engagement with religious imagery.

With its embroidered additions, this work occupies a middle ground between artwork and functional object. After its selection for the Havana Bienal, it was transported into the public sphere, destined to be put on display for infinite future audiences. This juxtaposition - of public and private, of the home and the gallery - reminds the viewer that the artist's work carries a self-revealing quality. It demonstrates his emotional willingness to bare all and to share even the most intimate parts of his life.
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Artist's Family Estate

Exhibitions

Feliciano Centurión: Everyday Beauty, Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (12 March - 9 April 2022)

Frieze London, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK (2021)

The 5th Havana Biennial, Cuba (May, 1994)
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