Light and color are prominent features in Caribbean art, seen in works by Amelia Peláez and Lorenzo Homar. Pablo Marcano García's work prominently features light and color, drawing on stained glass windows. His works depict notable Puerto Rican and Latin American figures, landscapes, and scenes of daily life in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to showcase the region's culture and history.

1. Friday, June 12, 2009

2. presents

3. MARCANO GARCÍA
LUZ Y COLOR
COLOR
Parto Musical (2009)
Acrílico con Espátula 66” x 66”
Col. Del Artista

4. Light and color are constant features of a large part of the Caribbean visual arts. Starting
from academic painting and the lithographs that were produced in parallel during the
nineteenth century, these two constituent elements of artistic production increasingly
acquired a relevant position. At times, black is used in certain compositions as a
counterpoint with expressive force or a line to contain areas that radiate color. Now come to
mind many works by the Cuban Amelia Peláez, or those by the Puerto Rican Lorenzo
Homar, or of some of the so called primitive painters from Jamaica and Haiti, only as
samples of such a formal constant in diverse artistic productions.

5. Mancha de Plátano (Trípico) Albizu (2004)
Serigrafía: 17” x 47”

6. Mancha de Plátano (Trípico) Betances (2004)
Serigrafía: 17” x 47”

7. Mancha de Plátano (Trípico) Hostos (2004)
Serigrafía: 21” x 47”

8. This constant has become a distinctive feature in Pablo Marcano Garcia’s work. Openly
alluding to the secular stained glass linked to religious buildings, Marcano García has
created an imagery of his own that at the same time is national and Caribbean. In doing this,
he goes beyond the limits of anecdotic and local immediacy to reach dimensions of greater
projection. I am referring to the diversity of themes that has occupied his attention in recent
years that is closely linked to his Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American reality.

9. Sagrado Corazón Jíbaro (2002)
Serigrafía 22” x 28”

10. Thus, in Marcano Garcia’s works we can see an interest for the outstanding figures in the
history of our peoples - Martí, Don Pedro [Albizu Campos], Betances, Hostos - , in the
flowers that add color to our environment; from the urban landscapes to the disquieting
presence of lights in certain night scenes; from various views of his native Gurabo to scenes
of daily life significant for their appearance of simplicity. Occasionally, Nature bursts forth,
filling with the pure and brilliant colors of flowers the entire space up to the horizon, while now
and then the figures of men and women are the protagonists resting on the support chosen
by the artist.

11. Luz del Cañaveral (2004)
Serigrafía 22” x 28”

12. In the same way that these themes appear once and again in the work of Marcano García,
their formal handling is also a constant feature. They are mainly provided by the reminiscence
of stained glass - bright colors bound by the incessant black line - and the light that is wisely
shed on the focal points of the composition. Light and color, therefore, are the tools, so to
say, with which the artist shapes a diverse and unique body of work, encouraged by his love
for the best in the life of the homeland, the desire to bring historical truths to a wider public,
and the purpose of filling with beauty and brightness the daily lives of all. Pablo Marcano
García has this purpose and his unremitting work attests to his perseverance and love for
truth and beauty.
Adelaida de Juan
Cuban Art Critic
Cuban Art Critic
Cuban Art Critic
Cuban Art Critic

13. Gurasalem (2005)
Acrílico con Espátula 38” x 68”
Col. Privada

14. Isabelita Flor de los Vientos
(2000)
Acrílico con Espátula 36” x 48”
Col. Mariana Libertad Marcano-
García

15. Selected Exhibitions
• Casa Aboy, San Juan • Museo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
•Museo de Arte e Historia, San Juan • Hotel Condado Plaza, San Juan
• Pabellón de las Artes, Caguas • Hotel Cerromar, Puerto Rico •
Museo La Puntilla, San Juan • Centro Cardiovascular de Puerto Rico y
el Caribe • Convento Los Dominicos, San Juan • Galería Bohío
Charas, Nueva York • Orange Gallery, Otisville, NY • Academia
Roberto Clemente, Chicago, Illinois • Centro de Recepciones, San
Juan • Hospital Frank País, Habana, Cuba • Sala Rubén Martínez
Villena, Cuba • Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada
(HIMA), Caguas • Academia de Arte, Talento e Imagen, Santo
Domingo, República Dominicana • La Galería de la Calle San Cristo,
San Juan • UNESCO Bonn, Alemania • Julia de Burgos Cultural
Center, New York • Zafra, España • Malaga, España • Córdova,
España • Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico

16. Taller de Arte Marcano García
787-737-7442 . 787-314-5640 . 787-399-0019
www.marcanogarcia.com
www.marcanogarcia.com
www.marcanogarcia.com

17. Ray Vázquez, President
Pablo Medina, Vice-President
David Hernández, Treasurer (Chair of Finance Committee)
Agnes Justiniano, Secretary
Board Members:
Maribel Hopgood, Chair of Programming Committee
Carmen Lonstein, Chair of Capital Campaign Committee
Luis Martínez, Chair of Building Committee
José E. López, Co-Chair of Programming Committee
Miguel Palacio, Member
Paul Roldan, Member
Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (IPRAC)
3015 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL. 60622
Institute of Puerto Rican
Arts and Culture (IPRAC)
Board of Directors

18. Sponsor:
Co-sponsors:
University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico