Artist
Belkis Ayón
Cuban, 1967–1999
Belkis Ayón was a Cuban artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Belkis Ayón was born in Havana.
Belkis Ayón (23 January 1967 – 11 September 1999) was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography. Ayón created large, highly detailed allegorical collagraphs based on Abakuá, a secret, all-male Afro-Cuban society. Her work is often in black and white, consisting of ghost-white figures with oblong heads and empty, almond-shaped eyes, set against dark, patterned backgrounds.
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