Ricardo Brey
©photo: Dirk Pauwels, Ghent
° 1955
Lives in Ghent (Belgium), born in Havana (Cuba).
Ricardo Brey (Havana, 1955) is a Cuban-born visual artist; a graduate from the San Alejandro School of Art and the Cuban National School of Art. His artistic roots lie in the 1970s and 1980s when he was an active member of the group Volumen I, today this group represents the emergence of a new generation of avant-garde artists in Cuba after the 1959 revolution.
After travelling extensively and receiving an invitation to participate in the Documenta IX in Kassel, Brey moved to Ghent in 1990 and continues to live and work there. In 1997 he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for Installation Art and Sculpture and also received the Culture Prize for visual art from the Flemish government.
>Ricardo Brey, La estructura de los mitos (The structure of myths), 1985-2015.Installation, salt, plates, stencil and ink on paper, candles, soot, cowry shells, necklace with white beads and wax, variable dimensions.
>Ricardo Brey, Papeles de Verrazano (Verrazano’s papers), 1985.Installation, stencil on paper, 76 pages, each ca. 26 x 19 cm; overall dimensions ca. 52 x 1200 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Untitled, Documenta IX, 1992.Mixed Media, size of the room.
>Ricardo Brey, Charmeur de Serpent, 1997.Object, rubber tube, clarinet, necklace, 250 x 400 x 200 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Winter lessons in Basilea, 1997.Object, paper from the roll of a mechanical piano, variable dimensions.
>Ricardo Brey, Signs in the Dust, 2000.Installation, glass case, lion skin, mattress, pillows, covers, ventilator, buttons, metal coins and jewels, 130 x 140 x 180 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Birdland , 2001.Installation, glass and metal structure, buttons, metal coins, jewels , saxophone, ostrich eggs and coats, 160 x 140 x 140cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Universe, 2002-2006.Installation, paper, iron, glass cases, Size of the room.
>Ricardo Brey, Study of heads, 2003.Object.
>Ricardo Brey, Six Thorns, 2004.Object.
>Ricardo Brey, Troublemaker, 2006.Mixed Media, branch, cap, print, iron, 130 cm x 40 cm x 12 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Axis Mundi, 2006.Mixed Media, gloves, iron, 300 x 50 x 50 cm (two parts: 1/ iron base 2-glove).
>Ricardo Brey, Wingbeats, 2006.Mixed Media, taxidermy and golden chain, variable dimensions.
>Ricardo Brey, Fall Trees, 2007.Object, 50 x 65 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, La Tempête, 2007.Object, transfer, oil, cassel earth pigment and crayon on handmade paper, 50 x 65 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Circular Erosion, 2009.Object, 50 x 65 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Soaring, 2009.Object, 50 x 65 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Parallel Universe, 2009.Mixed Media, dice, iron, sawdust, 23 x 31 x 300 cm (two parts, 1-iron base/ 2- line of dice).
>Ricardo Brey, Ungrund, 2009-2011.Sculpture, rubber, chains, mixed media, cardboard, 220 x 65 x 80 cm, 23 x (84 x 60 cm), 45 x (30 x 43 cm).
>Ricardo Brey, Every Life is a Fire, 2010-2015.Installation, spheres, chain, variable dimensions.
>Ricardo Brey, Vía Lactea, 2012.Object, 50 x 65 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Obra en Rojo (Work in red), 2012-2013.Object, paint, fabric, paper, rope, buttons, glass, iron, alabaster, red oxide, one leporello book, auxiliary box, 23 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 18 x 75 x 75 cm (box open), auxiliary box: 12 x 30 x 28 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Gasoline around the Moon, 2012-2013.Object, fabric, paper, metal, wood, rope, wire, clay, glass teardrops, ostrich eggshells, wax, one leporello book, 70 x 75 x 75 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Moon, 2012.Installation, wax, ostrich egg, paper bags, pigment, rope, variable dimensions.
>Ricardo Brey, Lay, 2013.Object, wood, flute, eggshell, metal plinth, 152 x 70 x 40 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Bastón del Diablo (The Devil’s Walking Stick), 2013-2014.Mixed Media, photo on canvas, iron bars and pillows, c.a 150 x 260 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Árbol Cortado y Escombros (Felled tree and rubble), 2013-2014.Photography, photo on canvas, gloves, cards, c.a 150 x 260 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Árbol Quemado (Burnt Tree), 2013-2014.Photography, photo on canvas, glass beads, c.a 150 x 260 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Árbol Cortado (Felled tree), 2013-2014.Photography, photo on canvas, bucket and pearls, c.a. 150 x 260 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Latigazo (Whip-Lash), 2013-2014.Photography, photo on canvas, wood, wire, egg cast, c.a 150 x 250 cm.
>Ricardo Brey, Coagulations, 2013-2014.Object, metallic paint, paper, black sand, iron oxide, rope, chains, keys, locks, barons, two leporello books, two notebooks and folder with two drawings, 23 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 25 x 75 x 75 cm (box opened).
>Ricardo Brey, Today I almost remember, 2013.Object, paper, jute, gray emulsion, raffia, rope, clay, rubber, ceramic, metal, one notebook, textile, sand, gray emulsion, 26 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 26 x 75 x 75 cm (box open).
>Ricardo Brey, Love, 2013.Object, fabric, aged gold metallic paper, metal, battery, telephone coin, horns, terracota, bells, chain, bronze, wood, two leporello books, one notebook, 28 x 29 x 29 cm (box closed), dimensions variable (box open).
>Ricardo Brey, Shout even Gently, 2013.Object, metallic paint, paper, aged silver metallic paper, folding carpenter’s ruler, flute, arrow point, trinket, metal, lead, nails, silvered metal bird, 38 x 37.5 x 37.5 cm (box closed), 38 x 75 x 75 cm (box open).
>Ricardo Brey, Ricardo Brey 'Qué le importa al tigre una raya más - The futility of good intentions', 2014.Book, ink, paper, 31 x 24 cm, 199 p., language : English, publisher : AsaMER/MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Gent, ISBN : 9789491775352.
>Ricardo Brey, Ricardo Brey 'Qué le importa al tigre una raya más - Op de bodem van de hemel', 2014.Book, ink, paper, 31 x 23.8 cm, 43 p., language : Dutch, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen & AsaMER-MER Paper Kunsthalle, Gent, ISBN : 9789491775352.
>Ricardo Brey, Every Life is a Fire, 2014.Video.
>Ricardo Brey, Not from this world (and the others) , 2014-2015.Mixed Media.
>Ricardo Brey, Rest Before Labour, 2014-2015.Mixed Media.
>Ricardo Brey, Poison Tree, 2014-2015.Mixed Media.
>Ricardo Brey, Lamp, 2014-2015.Object.
>Ricardo Brey, Glimpse of Hidden Things, 2014-2015.Object, golden aged metallic paper, marketry, pirite, dice , mirrow, metal, nest, screws, pistons and two leporello books, 23 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed).
>Ricardo Brey, The Book of Hours, 2014.Object, glas, mechanisms watches and two leporlello books, 27 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 23 x 75 x 75 cm (box opened).
>Ricardo Brey, Gothic: 1, 2014.Object, metal, marketry, glas, dried plant, beaker and two leporello books, 34 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 34 x 75 x 75 cm (box opened).
>Ricardo Brey, Ongon Tree, 2014.Object, paper, spoon, coins, tortoise shells, metal, ceramic, lead, glass, buttons, leather, chains and one leporlello book, 23 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed); 15 x 75 x 75 cm (box opened).
>Ricardo Brey, A Dream of Nine Nights, 2014.Object, metal, golden aged metallic paper, metallic objects, keys, metalic carpenter's ruler, sphere, trumpet, two leporello books and two drawings, 23 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 25 x 75 x 75 cm (box opened).
>Ricardo Brey, The Circles of Desire, 2014.Object, silver aged metallic paper, brons, paper, lead, wood, wire, metal stars and two leporello books, 27 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed), 24 x 75 x 75 cm (box opened).
>Ricardo Brey, The Seed, 2014.Object, glass, wood, beat, one leporello book and one notebook, 24 x 33 x 33 cm (box closed); 24 x 75 x 75 cm (box open).
>Ricardo Brey, Out of Troubles, 2014.Object, ceramics, metal, stone, lead, bronce, two leporello books, 24 x 33 x 33 cm.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: BREY. 11 April 2014 - 30 June 2014.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Ricardo Brey – Every Life is a Fire. 06 February 2015 - 10 May 2015.
> Exhibition: Middle Gate Geel '13. 29 September 2013 - 19 January 2014.
> Exhibition: Ricardo Brey – Fuel to the Fire. 06 February 2015 - 10 May 2015.
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2015 [Acquisitions 2015].
> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012.
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
> Ensemble: Middle Gate.
> Ensemble: Performance, Video and Self-Portraits.
> Ensemble: Ricardo Brey: Extra Muros.
> Ensemble: Ricardo Brey . Inside Out .
> Ensemble: Ricardo Brey - Universe.
> Ensemble: Ricardo Brey . VON HUMBOLDT, OR ALL ABOUT CATALOGUING .