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Work
of a cuban artist pirated in Canada
Michel
Porcheron / Granma International
The Yves-Laroche gallery
placed in Montreal It was commercializing a work of
the internationally well-known cuban artist
Arístides Hernández Guerrero (ARES) violating his
author rights and signed by another person "ARIEL?".
 "Imagine"
was created by Ares in the year 2002 as an acrylic
on canvas painting of 1 m x 75 cm for an exhibition
organized in the city of Cuneo in Italy.
In Cuba several collections
of T-shirts were made from a photo of this work
and in the year 2005 a series of silk screens and
many other impressions in different supports.
Now this gallery offering
the above mentioned image signed by a supposed
author named "Ariel"?. Contacted the gallery by the
cuban author they said that this work was sold to
them by a spanish "artist" but they contribute
neither information of contact of him or his
personal information.
It will be possible that
such a shameless this fraud happening in the city of
Montreal and simply nothing happens?said Ares.
Arístides
Esteban Hernández Guerrero (ARES)- Ares
was born in Havana, Cuba on September 2, 1963.
Graduated as a doctor and psychiatrist.
He has made cartoons,
paintings and animated films, he currently works in
Havana as a freelance artist and illustrator (mainly
children’s books). His works have been published
around the world.
He has won more than 100
awards, 80 of them at international level and has
published fifteen books. He has illustrated more
than fifty books and has worked in TV and film with
some of his works being used to make short animated
films (Filminutos).
In 1994, Ares was nominated
by Witty World Magazine (USA) to be included
in the list of the best cartoonists of the world and
was included in the Memory Book project as
one of the most relevant visual artists of Cuba in
the 20th Century.
In 2002, Ares received the
National Culture Medal from the Cuban
Cultural Minister, is the vice-president of the
visual artist association of the Cuban Artists and
Writers Union (UNEAC) and vice-president of
the Comic and Cartoon cathedra of the Jose
Marti International Journalism Institute (www.areshumour.com,
arescuba2000@yahoo.com) (mp, 6/22/2009)
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