A Painter’s Imprint in Holguin, Cuba

“The findings of a Watchman” is the name of a personal show exhibited by young painter Julio Cesar Rodriguez in the La Periquera Provincial Museum at Holguin city.

The collection was previously exhibited in January at the Colonial Art Museum in Havana City. This is not the first time that his work is seen in the capital. The Convent of Saint Francis of Asisis, the Grand Theater of Havana, and other sites have held his paintings there.

The Shared Root, The Flight of the Sprouted Palm Trees, The Virgin of the Stone and The Hidden Nutshell are evidence of the artist's doings so far in the beginnings of this 2007. “The findings of a Watchman” comprises mostly canvas, although there is mixed technique in some pieces.

Wooden bodies, Cuban palm trees, birds, eyes, and hands; make a symbolic speech of his art, where he is repeatedly portrayed in various contexts.

The 16 arts pieces conforming this exhibition “are not only touching due to the technique of the convincing drawing”, but also due to “the poetic, gullible language, also accompanied by new longings or blue dreams”, as stated by poet Jose Luis Moreno in the show catalogue.

This year Rodriguez has been awarded the City Prize for “The blue lady”, also part of the exposition. He was also granted the “Venga la Esperanza” (May Hope Come to us) Prize, by the Hermanos Saiz Young Artists´ Association in Holguin, in 2003; and the second Prize in the 460th Anniversary Hall, in 2005, among other awards.

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