Lemagne '83

ENRIQUE LEMAGNE CÁRDENAS, “Lemagne ’83” (Cuba, 1983).
“Ele Kumbe 5.”
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas.
Signed.
Certificate of authenticity included.
Measurements: 80 x 100 cm.

This work falls within the more symbolic aspect of Lemagne’83’s body of work, characterized by the incorporation of symbols, schematic figures, and motifs that evoke African visual traditions. The artist articulates his visual language through geometric forms with black outlines and saturated colors, establishing connections between the human, the animal, and the cosmic. References to the paintings of Joan Miró coexist with a contemporary sensibility that transforms ancestral motifs into an imaginative and enigmatic visual repertoire. The composition thus reflects the artist’s interest in the connections between culture, memory, and spirituality.

Lemagne’83 creates work that moves between the surreal and the poetic, exploring the symbolic and metaphysical dimensions of the 20th-century avant-garde. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociocultural Studies from the University of Camagüey, Cuba (2012), and furthered his education with studies in photography in 2013. His work combines schematic figuration, abstraction, and diverse cultural references, expressed through a language of intense color. Notable among his recent exhibitions are his participation at the Thomson Gallery in Zug, Switzerland (2025); the BIARCO Contemporary Art Biennial in Armenia, Colombia (2024); “Plural,” at the Vearte Gallery in Alicante (2024), and the exhibition organized by the Alicante Artists’ Association (2024).