Wikipedia Entry
Los Carpinteros is a Cuban artist collective founded in Havana in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea. In 1994 they decided “to renounce the notion of individual authorship and refer back to an older guild tradition of artisans and skilled laborers” in an attempt to emphasize their belief that art always, to some extent, involves collaboration. Both Valdes and Sanchez were born in Cuba and live and work between Havana and Madrid. They have exhibited in Cuba, Europe and North America, and have received a number of awards.
Artworks by Los Carpinteros
Los Carpinteros, Conga Irreversible (Irreversible Conga), 2012
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Color video, with sound, 11 min., 53 sec.
Los Carpinteros, Sala de lectura octagonal (prototipo) (Octagonal Reading Room (Prototype)), 2013
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Cor-Ten steel
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Los Carpinteros
Los Carpinteros, Parte de parte (tríptico) (Part of a Part), 2008
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Watercolor on paper
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Los Carpinteros
Featured Exhibitions
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NOU LA, ESTAMOS AQUÍ, WE ARE HERE
Screening on PAMMTV, the museum’s auditorium, and MIAmi (Miami International Airport moving images) at Terminal J from November 10, 2026 – March 31, 2027, the videos on view show love that defies the borders of time, coastlines that reveal contested futures, neighborhoods in flux, carnival figures that invent their destiny, and dancing that bridges distant…
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On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
This exhibition explores the diverse cultural and emotional landscapes of recent Cuban art. It presents a selection of works by Contemporary Cuban artists donated to the museum by Jorge M. Pérez, the majority from a recent gift of over 170 pieces, as well as works previously gifted to PAMM in 2012, and several recent acquisitions.
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Within Genres
Informed by these interests in art history, the current presentation of the permanent collection— which was installed thematically within two rooms on the first floor and four rooms on the second—is organized around the historical criteria of genres within Western painting and the traditional hierarchy of genres that developed out of the Renaissance period and was promoted…
