The renowned artist who is a sculptor, painter and draftsman is from all over Cuba - as he himself has recognized - because the most suitable place for his creative project is the one he chooses at each moment, no matter where and whether it coincides or not with the place where he was born or has his closest relationships, but where he continues to defend his perception of the homeland, his Cubanness rooted in strong historical ties.
The unparalleled style and exceptional rigor that impregnates each work, as well as his acute sensitivity to capture and make his own the essences of Cuban history, have made him worthy of the recognition of his people and beyond its borders, with a vast work that includes not only oil paintings and drawings, but also several sculptures that have become, over the years, impeccable effigies of Cuban patriots of all times.
And that dedication has to be beautiful, expressive. Alberto Lescay doesn't stop creating and working on what he dreams of, without neglecting that "the most important thing is to study, prepare, know oneself and try to be as useful as possible to society... to be happy by making others happy, to the environment in which one has been lucky enough to share.’’
As a member of the Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and of the International Association of Visual Artists (AIAP), as well as since September 1995 President of Caguayo (Foundation for the Monumental and Applied Arts), his contributions to the socio-cultural development of the nation have been many.
More than forty personal exhibitions and a similar number of collective ones are to his credit, highlighting those held in important galleries in Holland, Norway, France, Germany, Guyana, Venezuela, Greece, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Barbados, Belgium, Surinam, Granada, Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Colombia, but above all those that the public has been able to enjoy in his native land.
He has been a multi-awarded creator, who has sculptures located in several nations, but of all of them, the one he likes the most is the Monumento al Cimarrón, in El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, which, like so many others, required the work of many years and the participation of several colleagues. He considers it a living work, which is constantly renewed and, above all, participatory.
His great challenge was to model the image of Antonio Maceo, an imposing equestrian sculpture of the mambí hero, located in the center of the Plaza de la Revolución in Santiago de Cuba for the pride of the locals, as well as the figure of Mariana Grajales next to the monument dedicated to the memory of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, at the entrance to the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, a sanctuary of national rebellion.
An analysis of all his prolific artistic work shows a rather intimate reflection of the Cuban nationality, which maestro Fernando Ortiz called "Cuban ajíaco", where colors, lines and movements are united and intertwined with the warm rhythm of the Caribbean.
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