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Works by Humberto Calzada and Magdalena Fernández at the Frost Art Museum

MIAMI, FL.- If the works of Cuban artist, Humberto Calzada has been historically couched in an unabashed nostalgia-ism for his homeland- mapping the territory of exile with emotional and psychological force- the new works aim to readdress his very own diasporic narrative. Works on the destructive and regenerative properties of fire by Calzada are the subject of the next Florida Artist Series exhibition, on view at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum from October 12, 2011 through January 8, 2012. Calzada, who was born in Cuba and lives in Miami, unveils this new artistic and formal language – deviating from his hard-edged approach to a more unpredictable painting style. This interplay between the past and the present indexes a self-referencing journey that serves to deconstruct and recreate both the artist and/in the work. Calzada seemingly poses an open question between the personal and historical past and