3 artists show at 101 Art Gallery

Pileta is a top Cuban fine artist and sculptor who shares his time between santiago de Cuba and tobago. German sculptor, Luise Kimme, who worked with Dunieski in Cuba for many years on small bronze sculptures, appointed him her artistic successor in 2013 before she died.

Pileta has built a kiln on the grounds of the Kimme Institute in tobago, where he casts his interesting bronze sculptures. His main themes are insular, popular and religious. He makes use of typical Cuban symbols in his work, such as the pig and the cow, which represent certain social statements, said a media release. Pileta does not limit himself to any particular style; his works range from the abstract to hyper realism.

Phillip “AYO” who lives and works in Tobago, was educated at Bishop Anstey and
SAGHs, studied at the University of the West Indies, UWI, Cave Hill and has been an attorney since 1984. She was introduced to rosewood and mahogany and basic wood craft tools (such as chisels, hatchet, hammer and adze) in the early 1970s by a joiner named Mr Husbands who had his old joiner shop in a then ghetto part of Bridgetown, Barbados, called “the Orleans”.

He died in the late 1970s and Phillip continued working in wood as a hobby. the 12 exquisite sculptures in this exhibition are all mahogany and show how the artist brought out the inherent beauty of the material. Guerrero is a mixed media artist from Venezuela, working and living in TT. His work strives to be informal, authentic and peaceful. He is a self-taught artist who was inspired by his mother. since he was a child he used to watch her sew, making his clothes for Christmas and his school uniforms.

Now he aims to create art with paint, fabric, thread, canvas, beads, feathers, wire and whatever suffices at the moment to portrait his artistic inspiration. In art he doesn’t worry about “should”, instead his focus is on being truthful to his intuition and instincts. the textile art pieces in this exhibition are based on the theme of rural Indian Women. across the length and breadth of rural India, underprivileged women are beginning to find their footing and firmly move on to create success for themselves and to inspire others.