Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Balsero / Naufragio, 1994, Acrylic, charcoal, 2 polaroids and shellac on canvas, 71h x 60w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Refugee 1,001, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 72w in, 121.92h x 182.88w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Paisaje, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 72w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, In Transit, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 48w in, 121.92h x 121.92w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, River Flow, 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 98h x 98w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Rompecabezas 3333, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 36h x 72w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Geometry of Light-Amazona, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 72h x 96w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Traveling Show to Santo Domingo, 2025, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 48w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, In & Out (Laberintos y Salidas), 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 16h x 72w in, 40.64h x 182.88w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, La Luz del Arcoíris, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 36h x 36w in
Luis Cruz Azaceta, PRIMARY VIEW, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 48w in, 121.92h x 121.92w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Amazona Devastation, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 96w in, 121.92h x 243.84w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, In Transit 222, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 48w in, 121.92h x 121.92w cm (Colección privada)
Luis Cruz Azaceta, The Artist I, 2013, Acrylic and pencil on canvas, 24h x 24w in, 60.96h x 60.96w cm
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Now you see me, now you don't, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 96w in
About
Luis Cruz Azaceta, born 1942, is a Cuban American visual artist. He left Cuba as a teenager in 1960. After immigrating to the United States, Azaceta lived in New York, graduated from The School of Visual Arts and began his long career as an artist. Since the late 1970s the paintings and drawings of Luis Cruz Azaceta have been addressing the moral and ethical pulse of this country. Early works focused on urban violence, the Aids epidemic, and racism. His current works relate to the rapid state of change in the world at large - war, terrorism, displacement, identity, and collapsing economies.
He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally and has been awarded grants including The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Joan Mitchell Foundation. His work is in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and The Whitney Museum of Art in New York, The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., Museo De Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, Marco, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, Mexico among others.
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