CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ CÁRDENAS (B. 1962) Rectificar es crear, es buscar lo nuevo signed and dated '1988 C.R. Cardenas.' (lower right) acrylic on wood 10 x 8 1/2 in (25.4 x 21.4 cm) Painted in 1988 Footnotes: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. Literature L. Camnitzer, The New Art of Cuba, Austin, 1994. Rectificar es crear, es buscar lo nuevo (1988) articulates an ironic and incisive reflection on ideological discourse and its mechanisms of representation. The composition juxtaposes a sequence of shadowed, anonymous profiles-suggesting repetition and collective conformity-with a solitary bust elevated on a pedestal, invoking the visual language of monumentality and the symbolic construction of power. Through an economical yet pointed visual syntax, the work interrogates the notion of 'rectification' as a promise of renewal, exposing the disjunction between rhetorical idealism and its staged, performative imagery. Image and symbol operate here as tools of critique, destabilizing the authority they appear to uphold. Executed during the late 1980s, a period of heightened critical revision in Cuban art, the work aligns with a broader turn toward conceptual strategies that employed irony, historical reference, and visual economy to question ideological narratives. Rodríguez Cárdenas is widely recognized for this approach, which positions humor and symbolism as instruments of political and cultural analysis. The work is discussed in New Art of Cuba, underscoring its relevance within the discourse of contemporary Cuban conceptualism. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing