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Danilo De los Santos
is the most representative.» (FV «Dionisio Blanco.» Enig- country he exerts influence on several colleagues in the
matic Paints,» 1991, pp.25-26). art of finishing paintings. He obtains a pictorial award in
the 1974 National Biennial. When traveling and living in
«Planting Rice,» acrylic/canvas, 40x30 cm., 1986 v «Sow- South America he showcases ten more personal exhibi-
ers,» acrylic/canvas, 100x75 cm., 1987 v «Sowers,» acrylic/ tions, which he has exhibited until 1988. Since them, his
canvas, 121x182 cm., 1988 v «Sowers,» acrylic/canvas, 75x100 approach to large formats executions, technical refine-
cm., 1990 v «Fantasy Dream,» acrylic/canvas, 75x100 cm., ment and distinctive and personal iconography is linked
1991 v «Sowers,» acrylic/canvas, 100x75 cm., 1991 v «Sow- to a solid configuration of compositional structure and a
ers,» acrylic/canvas, 90x106 cm., 1991 v «Sowers,» acrylic/ high tone between rational dreamlike and the hallucina-
canvas, 100x75 cm., 1991 v «Sowers against the False Mirror,» tion motivated by surreal experiences of existence.
acrylic/canvas, 100x75 cm., 1991 v «Sowers against the False
Mirror,» acrylic/canvas, 101x76 cm., 1992 v «Metaphor of Si- «Composition,» acrylic/canvas, 45x45 inch., no date.
lence,» acrylic/canvas, 76x101 cm., 1995 v «Sowers as Letters
of Desire,» acrylic/canvas, 75x100 cm., 1996 v «Dream Plant- Fernando Ureña Rib. He follows a linear transforma-
ers Fantasies,» acrylic/canvas, 75x100 cm., 1997 v «Sowers,»
acrylic/canvas 75 x 100 cm., 1997 v «Sowers,» acrylic/canvas, tion path appreciated in important group exhibitions of
121x76 cm., no date. personal samples, of which «The Gates of Sleep» (1985)
are meaningful examples for someone who is a drafts-
Manuel Montilla. (La Romana, 1948). Graduated man, sculptor and painter, teacher and art critic at the
same time. The title referred to is a dream allusion with
from the ENBA (1974), with concentration in mural «boundaries between the conscious and the unconscious of the
painting and graphic arts in Madrid, Spain (1977-1980). nightmare, psychic movements inside the man.»
He was a member of the «The Six,» earning drawing prize
and Grand Prize in the 1975 and 1990 National Bienni- «Marine Composition,» acrylic/canvas, 99x63 cm., 1987 v
als. He holds eleven solo exhibitions between 1975-1992, «Dream Submarine,» oil/canvas, 128x90 cm., 1987 v «Astral
being «Origins,» his production of the last year cited. Submarine,» oil/canvas, 98x72 cm., 1990 v «Marine Composi-
Spanish critic Luis González-Roble-, presenting his work: tion,» acrylic/canvas, 60x75 cm., no date v «Carnivorous,»
Two trends in his already extensive work, which expressed a seri- oil/canvas, 101x76 cm., no date v «Pupas 1,» oil/canvas, 127x81
ous contention and unique visual language in order to arrive at cm., no date v «Pupas among Rocks,» oil/canvas, 101x76 cm.,
magical realism, which is what he projects on his recent stage. no date.
Montilla depicts a cosmic world of fascinating intensity spaces
(…). These scattered fragments dominate the broad outline of Domingo Liz. (Santo Domingo, 1931/2013). He grad-
his work, rebuilding a total surreal world…» (LG-R. Presenta-
tion, April 1992). uated from the National School of Fine Arts. In 1949
he studies painting at graduate level with Jaime Colson.
«Ecstasy,» oil/canvas, 129x96 cm., n.d v «Untitled,» oil/ He is a draftsman, sculptor and painter who was part of
canvas, 91x59 cm., no date. Grupo Proyecta (1968). He held his first single in 1971
and was selected as an exhibitor at the Expo New Image:
Orlando Menicucci. (Santiago, 1949). He was award- 10 avant-garde artists (Santiago, 1972). Liz was obtained
awards in drawing and sculpture in national competi-
ed a scholarship by UNESCO to study curator and res- tions and developed a long teaching career in ENBA and
toration in Mexico City. His first solo exhibition in the the UASD, assuming critical and theoretical underpin-
Aztec nation took place in (1971). Upon returning to the nings. He is an award-winning teacher in Painting by
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