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Trance

This is a body of work representing a universe formed by the rituals of faith through which human beings are able to enter the spiritual world. The images that appear in this photographs are completed in the mind of the spectator through the chain of events of one’s own experiences and remembrances, through the manner in which the mystical and interior selves have been developed, through beliefs and faith—if not through ritual and prayer then through thoughts, desires, or “visions.” Or simply through the idea that every one of us is formed by the religious collective consciousness that defines the cultural context of our country,where those who are not practitioners are not able to avoid the indirect daily contact. Thus art openly transmits life to us.

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About

Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo

Havana City, 1970. Lives and Works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Free Lance.

Studies

- Graduated photography at the International Institute for Journalism ¨ José Martí ¨. Havana, Cuba

- MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP. Held in Cuba, Taught by some of the most important Photographers from U.S

- Photojournalism Workshops 2002, Americas House, sponsored by the British Council. Professor: Collin Jacobson, editor to Reportage.

Selected solo Exhibitions.

1999- ¨ Havana with Music¨, José Martí Library, Havana, Cuba.

2000- ¨ Roots¨, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba.

2001- ¨ Reunion¨, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba.

2002- “Vivencias”, Concha Ferrant Gallery, Cuba.

2002- “Visions”, Fototeca de Cuba.

2003- ¨7 days in Toulouse¨, Toulouse Music Festival, France. (Main Artist)

2005-¨I was born kind of Blues¨. Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.

2005- “ Invoke Ogoun”. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.

Selected group Exhibitions.

2001- “A winter in Havana”, “ Morro-Cabaña Fortress Gallery”, Havana.

2002- “Rituals”. International Press Centre, Havana, Cuba.

2002- ¨La photographie contemporaine á Cuba¨, FNAC Etoile, Paris, France.

2002-2003: ¨Cuba Today¨, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Miami.

¨ Cuba Today¨ Cornell Museum of Art and History, Palm Beach. (Photofusion-2003)

2003- ¨ the other side of the Soul¨. Fototeca de Cuba.

2003- ¨ La photographie contemporaine á Cuba¨, FNAC Wilson, Toulouse, France.

2003- ¨ Imágenes Havana¨, Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Cuba.

2003- ¨ Diaspora Cuba¨, International Biennial for photography. Bamako, Mali (Special mention of the jury).

2003- ¨ “Panorama of Cuban Photography” ¨, National Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2003- ¨ Pulsiones¨, José Martí National Library, 8th Havana Biennial. Cuba.

2004- ¨ Religions of Cuba¨, Patterson Museum, New Jersey, U.S.

2004- ¨ Images entre Historie et Poésie ¨. La collection photographique de la

FNAC . Conciergerie. Paris.

2004- ¨ Crosscurrents¨, Refugium Gallery, Berlin. (European month of photography )

2005- ¨El otro lado del alma¨, Kornhausforum, Bern, Swizerland.

2005- ¨ Diaspora Cuba¨, La Saline Royale, Paris, France

Publications

- Art Fórum.

- Paris Photo Magazine.

- Photo Magazine, France.

-Rézo Afrique magazine.

-Palm Beach Daily News.

- Photovision Magazine.
- Journal La Tercera, Mexico.
- Book Les annés Cuba, L´aube Editions

- Book Trance, Percevalpress. www.percevalpress.com ( included on the Top Ten list in an article on November issue of Art Forum magazine 2004).

- Book Mapas Abiertos: Contemporary Latin American Photography 1992-2002,

Lunwerg Editions, Barcelona.

- Book El otro Lado del Alma¨, Oehrli editions, Suiza.

Awards

Special mention of the jury at the Vth International Biennial for photography. Bamako, Mali

Collections

Museum of Albertina, Austria; Govinda Gallery, Washington D.C. ; FNAC photographic collection, Paris. Another private collections from United States, Brazil, Austria, France, Italy .

Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo 's current location:
Bruxelles , Belgium

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