Cuban painter Rafael Soriano (1920 2015) was an acclaimed master of geometric abstraction and a global figure in the twentieth-century art world his work resonated with such international artists of Latin American origin as Roberto Matta, Rufino Tamayo, and Wifredo Lam. As a result of the revolution in Cuba in 1959, Soriano left the country in 1962 for the United States. The effect of the Cuban revolution on his art as well as his aesthetics in general are the focus of this book, an unprecedented examination of his entire oeuvre.
Featuring more than ninety paintings, pastels, and...