From My Altitude/Desde Mi Altura

New York City Art Exhibition of Paintings by

Antonio Guerrero

One of the Cuban 5 Political Prisoners in U.S. Jails

Opening Reception Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 @ 6:30 p.m.

The exhibit will run from Sept. 3rd to October 1, 2010

Clemente Solto Vélez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk St., off Delancey St.
F train to Delancey St. or J/M/Z to Essex St.

The Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Weekend viewing is also available by appointment by contacting
Jasmine Rosario: jrosario@csvcenter.org; 646-358-7251

Antonio Speaks About His Artistic Development Behind the Walls

At the beginning of 2003, as I had just completed my first year of imprisonment in this penitentiary at Florence, Colorado, I anxiously searched for something that would occupy my time, far from the climate of tension and violence that reigned in this prison.

What is most important is that I have overcome imprisonment with a healthy and useful activity like artistic creation. Each work expresses not only my human essence, but that of the Five, united as we are by unbreakable principles.

The little I have learned I share with other prisoners without reserve, and at times with great patience. "Truth needs art," as José Martí said, and truth reigns in our hearts, forged with love and commitment to the just cause of our heroic people. That is my motivation for each work of art!

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