 
The Colombian painter Humberto Cuan creates stylized, colorful portraits that are both intimate and evasive. His figures generally appear against feature-less, weathered monochrome backdrops dressed in bold clothes that often combine solid colors and patterns like stripes and polka dots. Their poses often suggest some tentativeness or self-consciousness, but their faces, rendered in pasty white with detailed features, communicate cold confidence. Often there’s an air of awkwardly prolonged youth to these mysterious characters, slouching on chairs and couches, standing next to each other tentatively, as though they’re not quite prepared for adulthood.
This gives Cuan’s oil compositions a universal appeal, suggesting developing adult individuals still hampered by some inter-generational confusion or reluctance. Seen in this light, the abstract, indeterminate spaces these characters inhabit suddenly make all the more sense. Located neither in youth nor in adulthood, Cuan’s shy and tentative figures float in a vague in-between region with strong, emotive colors, but lacking details and definition. His paintings portray beautiful lives in transition and transformation.
Masters of the Imagination: The Latin American Fine Art Exhibition
Reception:
Thursday September 16, 2010 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates:
9/10/2010 - 10/1/2010
Invitation to
Humberto Cuan's exhibition
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Black Butterfly
Oil on Canvas
53" x 43"
$4100
Black Butterfly
Oil on Canvas
53" x 43"
$4100
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Elio
Oil on Canvas
53" x 43"
$4100
Elio
Oil on Canvas
53" x 43"
$4100
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Manipulacion
Oil on Canvas
35.5" x 28"
$3200
Manipulacion
Oil on Canvas
35.5" x 28"
$3200
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Saltarina
Oil on Canvas
69" x 27.5"
$4200
Saltarina
Oil on Canvas
69" x 27.5"
$4200
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