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José Yaque

Ópalo de Fuego con impurezas I 2022, diptych, acrylic on canvas, 240 x 280 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Euclasa con impurezas I 2022, acrylic on canvas, 195 x 145 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Escolecita con impurezas I 2022, acrylic on canvas, 270 x 190 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Agata de fuego con impurezas I 2022, acrylic on canvas, 270 x 190 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Fergusonita con Impurezas I 2022, acrylic on canvas, 270 x 190 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Bismutita con Impurezas I 2022, acrylic on canvas, 247 x 190 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Corindón azul con impurezas I 2022, diptych, acrylic on canvas, 310 x 370 cm. Photo: © José Yaque

José Yaque

Tumba Abierta 2020, glass bottles, water, plant residues, 275 x 310 x 30 cm. Photo: Giovanni De Angelis

José Yaque

Mimetita II 2019, acrylic paint and enamel on canvas, 240 x 310 cm. Photo: Giovanni De Angelis

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Linarita VII 2019, acrylic paint and enamel on canvas, 240 x 310 cm. Photo: Giovanni De Angelis

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El dilema del ciempiés, 2019, wood, Cuban pine boards. Ph Nestor Kim

José Yaque

El dilema del ciempiés, 2019, wood, Cuban pine boards. Ph Nestor Kim

José Yaque

Origin (Part I of the exhibition series 'The artwork that interests me'), exhibition view Galleria Continua, Habana, with the artist José Yaque in synergy with works by Anish Kapoor, Photo Michel Pou

José Yaque

Origin (Part I of the exhibition series 'The artwork that interests me'), exhibition view Galleria Continua, Habana, with the artist José Yaque in synergy with works by Anish Kapoor, Photo Michel Pou

José Yaque

Origin (Part I of the exhibition series 'The artwork that interests me'), exhibition view Galleria Continua, Habana, with the artist José Yaque in synergy with works by Anish Kapoor, Photo Michel Pou

José Yaque

Alluvione d'Arno, 2017, exhibition views Villa Pacchiani Centro Espositivo, Santa Croce sull'Arno, Pisa, Italy, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Alluvione d'Arno, 2017, exhibition views Villa Pacchiani Centro Espositivo, Santa Croce sull'Arno, Pisa, Italy, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Alluvione d'Arno, 2017, exhibition views Villa Pacchiani Centro Espositivo, Santa Croce sull'Arno, Pisa, Italy, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Alluvione d’Arno, 2017, mixed media, ambient size, Photo Ela Bialkowska

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Devenir, 2017, Several industrial waste from production cycles, primarily the leather, footwear and textiles, ambient size, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Devenir, 2017, Several industrial waste from production cycles, primarily the leather, footwear and textiles, ambient size, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Devenir, 2017, Several industrial waste from production cycles, primarily the leather, footwear and textiles, ambient size, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

TUMBA ABIERTA II, 2017, 3473 glass bottles, water, plant residues, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

TUMBA ABIERTA II, 2017, 3473 glass bottles, water, plant residues, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

TUMBA ABIERTA II, 2017, 3473 glass bottles, water, plant residues, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Azurita I, 2017, acrylic paint, enamel on canvas, 190 x 270 cm, Photo Ira Kononenko

José Yaque

Azurita I, 2017, acrylic paint, enamel on canvas, 190 x 270 cm, Photo Ira Kononenko

José Yaque

Calcita II, 2017, acrylic paint, enamel on canvas, 270 x 190 cm, Photo Ira Kononenko

José Yaque

Falla III, 2017, acrylic paint, enamel on canvas, 310 x 380 cm, Photo Ira Kononenko

José Yaque

Falla III, 2017, acrylic paint, enamel on canvas, 310 x 380 cm, Photo Ira Kononenko

José Yaque

Agujero de gusano, 2016, ladder, tools, 130 x 31 x 5 cm, exhibition view "Nido sin Árbol", UNAICC Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba, 2016, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque

Agujero de gusano, 2016, ladder, tools, 130 x 31 x 5 cm, exhibition view "Nido sin Árbol", UNAICC Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba, 2016, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque

Agujero de gusano, 2016, ladder, tools, 130 x 31 x 5 cm, exhibition view "Nido sin Árbol", UNAICC Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba, 2016, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque

Agujero de gusano, 2016, ladder, tools, 130 x 31 x 5 cm, exhibition view "Nido sin Árbol", UNAICC Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba, 2016, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque

Scavare, installation view Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, February 2015, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Scavare, installation view Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, February 2015, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Scavare, installation view Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, February 2015, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Gravedad, installation view Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, June 2015, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Torre, 2015, window, site specific dimensions, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Torre, 2015, window, site specific dimensions, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Torre, 2015, window, site specific dimensions, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Exhortación, 2015, Traditional Tuscan window and tree, variable dimensions, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Exhortación, 2015, Traditional Tuscan window and tree, variable dimensions, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Exhortación, 2015, Traditional Tuscan window and tree, variable dimensions, Photo Ela Bialkowska

José Yaque

Gravedad, installation view Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, June 2015, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Gravedad, installation view Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, June 2015, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Gravedad, installation view Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, June 2015, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Gravedad, installation view Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, June 2015, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Gravedad, installation view Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, June 2015, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

José Yaque

Interior con Huracán, De la serie/From the series: La creación no entiende, 2015, Chairs, papers, plastics, phonograph tape, electric cables, celluloids, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque

Interior con Huracán, De la serie/From the series: La creación no entiende, 2015, Chairs, papers, plastics, phonograph tape, electric cables, celluloids, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque

Interior con Huracán, De la serie/From the series: La creación no entiende, 2015, Chairs, papers, plastics, phonograph tape, electric cables, celluloids, Photo Paola Martinez Fiterre

José Yaque: channelling nature

José Yaque was born in Manzanillo, Cuba, a city now known for producing generations of internationally renowned artists. It’s also where nature was instilled in him as an important reality, a never-ending source of meaning and inspiration. A coastal city, Yaque grew up with the sea before him. Horizontality therefore finds a recurring place in his work. From his point of view, nature is the greatest creator in our lives.José Yaque works without a concept of medium or material. Instead he decides to perceive things in relation to other things, taking into account their full complexity, context and status. This indistinction between material and mediums causes a spontaneous approach in his artistic process. He is constantly experimenting, often trusting the initial attraction between himself and an object that inspires him. It’s the object itself that is in charge of inciting the growth of a work. He’s not directly looking for specificities to make a metaphor or a meaning in the work. This meaning comes from the relationship between artist and object and the intangible attraction between the two. 
His paintings, most recogniseably the “Minerals” series, investigate painting as an object. For Yaque, painting is corporal, done by the body and not the hand. Through painting, the origin of colour is also deeply explored. This is a study that consequentially led him to learning about the geological universe under the earth, rock types and minerals, initiating a dialogue with an underground world. 

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