Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy "Diago" (born 1971 in Havana) is an Afro-Cuban contemporary artist. [1]
Juan Roberto "Diago" Durruthy graduated at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro," Havana. Grandson of artist Roberto Juan Diago Querol, his grandmother was a First Violinist in the Havana Symphony Orchestra. Born in an intellectual background, he nevertheless lived his childhood in a poor neighborhood, el barrio Pogolotti. [2]
His work is influenced by his own past, in which he confronts Cuban official racial narratives. He is interested in rewriting Caribbean histories as a way to include Transatlantic slave trade with the aim to highlight stories the country has tried to forget. He works with materials like calico in reference to what enslaved people used to wear while enduring slavery. [3] [4]
In 2020, the Lowe Art Museum, at University of Miami, presented a mid-career retrospective of his work. [5]
His work is included in the collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida. [6]
Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy "Diago" (born 1971 in Havana) is an Afro-Cuban contemporary artist. [1]
Juan Roberto "Diago" Durruthy graduated at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro," Havana. Grandson of artist Roberto Juan Diago Querol, his grandmother was a First Violinist in the Havana Symphony Orchestra. Born in an intellectual background, he nevertheless lived his childhood in a poor neighborhood, el barrio Pogolotti. [2]
His work is influenced by his own past, in which he confronts Cuban official racial narratives. He is interested in rewriting Caribbean histories as a way to include Transatlantic slave trade with the aim to highlight stories the country has tried to forget. He works with materials like calico in reference to what enslaved people used to wear while enduring slavery. [3] [4]
In 2020, the Lowe Art Museum, at University of Miami, presented a mid-career retrospective of his work. [5]
His work is included in the collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida. [6]