The CCCNY bestows the Amelia Peláez Award 2021, its highest recognition in the visual arts, to artist Baruj Salinas (Havana, 1935), widely recognized as a central figure in modern Latin American art.
Permuy Architecture hosted its second annual “Art + Architecture” holiday art exhibition on Friday, Dec. 13. Featured artworks by renowned Cuban artists Baruj Salinas and the late José Mijares (1921-2004)
El arte cubano tiene exponentes en todos los movimientos visuales de vanguardia y muchos de sus artistas han alcanzado fama internacional, además de tener un lugar considerable en el mercado del arte.
I think that Baruj Salinas is a Cuban artist not only because he was born in that Caribbean country where, I too, was born, but because he possesses a capacity for transculturation that characterizes our identity.
When artist Baruj Salinas imagines the biblical downpour, he prefers to paint a rainbow. In his Southwest Miami studio, he exhibits one of the paintings that forms part of the Torah project.
The interview took place in Baruj Salinas’ home in Miami. Date: 8/16/2005. Interviewed by Lynette Bosch. Filmed by Norma Gracia. Transcribed by Paul Symington. Edited by Jorge J. E. Gracia.