Rubén Fuentes Artworks

Rubén Fuentes paintings and ink drawings—usually large in scale—often explore nature with flora and fauna dominating. In the acrylic painting Flying Ecosystem (2019), for example, a mass of green trees take the shape of a flying bird, with a horizontal stream of river traversing the forest.

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Fuentes' concern with nature draws from the mountainous Matanzas region, where he grew up in Cuba. The artist has stressed the importance of nature, telling Radio26.CU in 2018 that it grants humanity 'spiritual tranquility, harmony, balance'.

Shanshui

Many of Fuentes' landscapes recall traditional Chinese and Japanese shanshui painting in his liberal use of the white or blank space of the canvas, resulting in subjects that appear as though they are floating in the air or engulfed in a mist. The contrast produced by this technique is seen in ink drawings such as Ride the Snake (2016) or Chuang Tzu dreamed by the butterfly (2019), which achieve an effect of serenity and the sublime.

Fuentes also teaches drawing, painting, and the Japanese ink painting tradition sumi-e in a painting course that draws from traditional Chinese and Japanese painting as well as the principles of Zen.

The Sixth Extinction

For his solo exhibition The Sixth Extinction at Dumonteil Gallery New York in 2017, Rubén Fuentes presented ink drawings and paintings revolving around extinct animal species, including the Big Penguin, Tasmanian tiger, and the moa. In each work, the animal is rendered at a mountainous size in comparison to their surrounding landscapes, while meticulously delineated tree bark, branches, and rocks make up its form.

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Epitaph by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting
Rubén Fuentes Epitaph, 2019 Acrylic on canvas
60 x 180 cm
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Arrival at the Mountain of the Gorge of Time by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting
Rubén Fuentes Arrival at the Mountain of the Gorge of Time, 2019 Acrylic and oil on canvas
60 x 180 cm
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Dumonteil Contemporary
Réunion (hommage à Théodore Rousseau) by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting
Rubén Fuentes Réunion (hommage à Théodore Rousseau), 2016 Acrylic on canvas
50 x 65 cm
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Dumonteil Contemporary
What I saw in the Buttes Chaumont Park by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting
Rubén Fuentes What I saw in the Buttes Chaumont Park, 2020 Acrylic on canvas
54 x 73 cm
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Dumonteil Contemporary
Le Pont by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting
Rubén Fuentes Le Pont, 2020 Acrylic and oil on canvas
146 x 114 cm
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Le Voyage à Kassel by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting
Rubén Fuentes Le Voyage à Kassel, 2022 Oil on canvas
114 x 146 cm
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Talking to Emptiness I, a tribute to Au Ho-Nien by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Talking to Emptiness I, a tribute to Au Ho-Nien, 2021 Ink on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
80 x 40 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Timeless landscape by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Timeless landscape, 2021–2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
60 x 30 cm
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Dumonteil Contemporary
Rivers of thought II (tribute to neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Rivers of thought II (tribute to neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
24 x 19 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Rivers of thought I (tribute to neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal) by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Rivers of thought I (tribute to neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal), 2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
24 x 19 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Leap into the void (tribute to Yves Klein) by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Leap into the void (tribute to Yves Klein), 2021–2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
40 x 50 cm
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Irruption I by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Irruption I, 2021-2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
40 x 50 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Irruption III by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Irruption III, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm
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Irruption II by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Irruption II, 2021–2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
40 x 50 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Irruption IV by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Irruption IV, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
El viaje by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes El viaje, 2022–2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas
146 x 114 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Space-time boundaries by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Rubén Fuentes Space-time boundaries, 2021–2023 Ink and acrylic on Xuan paper mounted on canvas
40 x 50 cm
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Construction-deconstruction I by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, sculpture
Rubén Fuentes Construction-deconstruction I, 2023 Acrylic on canvas
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Construction-deconstruction II by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, sculpture
Rubén Fuentes Construction-deconstruction II, 2023 Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Inhabit the star by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Inhabit the star, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Une brève histoire du temps IV by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Une brève histoire du temps IV, 2022 Acrylic and oil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
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A brief history of time II by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes A brief history of time II, 2022 Acrylic and oil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Gravitational collapse of a Marie Antoinette garden by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Gravitational collapse of a Marie Antoinette garden, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
A brief history of time I by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes A brief history of time I, 2022 Acrylic and oil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
A brief history of time III by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes A brief history of time III, 2022 Acrylic and oil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
Dumonteil Contemporary Contact Gallery
Parc des Princes by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Parc des Princes, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm
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The trip to Kassel by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes The trip to Kassel, 2022 Oil on canvas
114 x 146 cm
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Le grand serpent ancéstral  /  The Great Ancestral Snake by Rubén Fuentes contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Rubén Fuentes Le grand serpent ancéstral / The Great Ancestral Snake, 2017 Ink and acrylic on paper, mounted on canvas
50 x 40 cm
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