“Juan Alberto Cruz: El reino de este mundo/The Kingdom of This World " (Window Projects at The Warehouse Gallery

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“Juan Alberto Cruz: El reino de este mundo/The Kingdom of This World " (Window Projects at The Warehouse Gallery, viewable 24/7 on Fayette Street), 6 July-4 September 2010/closing reception: 26 August 5-8PM

The Warehouse Gallery, 350 W. Fayette St., ground floor, Syracuse, NY 13202
Tel 315.443.6450; Fax 315.443.6494; www.thewarehousegallery.syr.edu
Open and free to the public. Closed for the summer; Workshop by the artist for children ages 7-12, 26 August, 2-4PM. Call to register (315) 443-6450. A public reception from 5-8PM will be held on Thursday, August 26.

A prolific draftsman and painter, Juan Alberto Cruz’s work addresses the artist’s relation to contemporary society while redefining abstract art as a vehicle to express the inner self. Inspired by Cuban Alejo Carpentier’s novel The Kingdom of This World (1950), which centers on the eighteenth century Haitian revolution and Magic Realism in Latin-American literature, Cruz’s site-specific mural for The Window Projects pays homage to the Afro-Cuban movement and, through its references to artists such as Wilfredo Lam and Alejo Carpentier, celebrates the African origins of art in our cultures. For more information visit thewarehousegallery.syr.edu