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Manuel Mendive
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Manuel Mendive
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Manuel Mendive

Cuban, 1944
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Place ActiveHavana, Cuba
Manuel Mendive is a renowned contemporary Cuban artist and graduate from San Alejandro, Cuba's national fine arts academy. Mendive creates pieces across multiple meanings and is known for combining Cubism and Surrealism with West African Yoruba traditions. His unique style has been descibed as "Afro-cubanismo".