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Danilo De los Santos
in his affiliation to Dominican photorealism, exhibiting «Untitled,» acrylic/canvas, 115x80 cm., 1986 v «Ozama
in collectives of their generation. In 1987 he holds a solo River Port,» acrylic/canvas, 164x99 cm., 1987 v «Hamlet,»
exhibition at Gallery Deniel’s. Criticic Laura Gil, indi- acrylic/canvas, 120x89 cm., 1987 v «Lotus,» acrylic/canvas,
cates that within the photographic realism, his works are 62x120 cm., 1987. «Lotus,» pastel/paper, 92x42 cm., 1988 v
«made with great neatness and quite independent of the basic «Lotus,» pastel/paper, 64x49 cm., 1988.
movements of this movement or style.»
Carmelo Polanco. (La Pirigua, Municipio Gaspar
«Untitled,» acrylic/canvas, 81x26 cm., 1987 v «Land-
scape,» mix/canvas, 79x96 cm., 1987 v «Landscape,» acrylic/ Hernández, 1955). He studied at the Academy of Cándi-
canvas, 44x101 cm., 1988 v «Landscape,» acrylic/canvas, do Bidó between 1979-1984, becoming an assistant of his
50x75 cm., 1988. maestro. With solo and group exhibitions, he is known
by the nickname «Capolucci».
«Flowers,» acrylic/canvas, 30x40 inch., 1987 v «Cibao’s
Juan Mayí. (San Francisco de Macorís, 1963). He grad- Little Town,» oil/canvas, 24x30 inch., 1988.
uated from the National School of Fine Arts, holding Pedro Ricart. (Santo Domingo, 1960). After studying
his first two singles in 1986 and 1987, at the Center for
Art Nouveau. For those dates he has already produced at the School of Arts of Apec and the National School of
landscape works among others. His research and devel- Fine Arts, he was awarded in 1975 and 1976 in the Royal
opment in France led him to abandon objective matters, Bank of Canada Contest. In 1977, he was awarded Draw-
but not quite. ing Jaime Colson competition, and in 1985 he obtains
an award in the Competition León Jimenes. Besides
«Ozama River Landscape,» acrylic/canvas, 50x75 cm., no participating in collective (1981-1993), he holds his first
date v «Ozama River,» acrylic/canvas, 59x75 cm., no date. individual exhibitions in 1981 (Casa de Teatro) and in
1985 (Centre for Art Nouveau).
Lissette Mejía. (Santo Domingo, 1958). With ENBA
«Barahona Coast Line,» oil/canvas, 86x65 cm., 1987 v
studies and at the School of Architecture at the UASD, «View From the Bicycles Bridge.» acrylic/canvas, 70x93 cm.,
until 1993 she participates in 16 group exhibitions, in- 1990.
cluding those related to her ochentista generational link.
In that year she held her first solo exhibition. Is a mul- Internalized Realities
timedia artist: draftswoman, sculptor, engraver, painter
and painter installer. As much as reality is an objective collection, the real-
ism transmitted is an approximation to the natural way of
«Landscape,» acrylic/canvas, 22x36 inch., 1984. things, or supporting document like a photography that
manages to capture what is real, nevertheless it is corrected
Miguel Núñez. (Santo Domingo, 1959). She began in processing, whether analogue/traditional or intervened
by digitalization. In two-dimensional visual art works, lin-
training with Cándido Bidó, after attending the Nation- guistic isms alter the objective tendencies or figurations. It
al School of Fine Arts, and the Universidad Autónoma also happens with realism because of multiple individual
of Santo Domingo, holding first solo in 1985. Painter internalizations that with Dominican painting, offers
who works with watercolor, pastel and pictorial means,
is refined and renowned for his dancing scenes, portraits
and landscapes with a peculiar style. In 1987 held his
second solo exhibition entitled «Figures, landscapes and
portraits.»
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