Description

Pop Art Cuban poster for the retrospective of Cuban director Santiago Alvarez ‘s works held in Havana 1980, silkscreen by Antonio Fernández Reboiro.

“SANTIAGO ALVAREZ 1961-1979 – retrospective national film theatre, april 1980” Printed reboiro/80 lower right margin and ink signed reboiro.

Measurements: 18 inches wide x 28 inches high.  Condition: Very Good.  No issues.

Santiago Álvarez Román (1919-1998)  was a Cuban filmmaker. Alvarez wrote and directed documentaries about Cuban and American culture. He became head of ICAIC newsreel division in the 60s and developed an unique format for his docu films.

Antonio Fernández Reboiro  is a Cuban Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1935. He studied medicine and architecture at the University of Havana. In 1963 he began to work at the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry) until 1982 designing posters.

Most of the highly collectible Cuban posters are from mid-1960s through early 1980s, the period called “el periodo de oro de la grafica cubana” (golden period of Cuban graphics). These silkscreens were develop with new graphic techniques, due in part that materials were not readily available and lack of formal graphic schools. The Cuban posters became known for the use of bold innovate images which were mostly for proganda. Among the most important were the movie posters of the ICAIC which would promote the national movie industry as well as foreign films.

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