14ymedio, Clara Riveros, Miami, 4 February 2024 — The Intercontinental hotel in Miami opened its doors during January to welcome Anabel Ruiz as a visiting artist. Ruiz, of Cuban origin, exhibited her collection De ella Reinas de ébano (Ebony Queens), in tribute to the women she met in Havana and who marked the first stage of her childhood. A well-executed exhibition that reflects the femininity, delicacy, neatness and care of the artist. In conversation with 14ymedio, Ruiz spoke about art and politics, but also about religion, love, sexuality, gender and biology and the destinies and experiences that have shaped her character and outlined her life path.
The work of ARuiz (as she signs her artworks) is a creative process that gives an account of life, humanity and its faces, multiplicity, diverse individualities, as her paintings attest. The artist focuses on facial expressions, very vivid and colorful, and what is conveyed by the looks of those women who do not go unnoticed.
The painter is preparing a new exhibition for the end of 2024, dedicated to a group of notable artists of the 20th century and their self-perceptions, she concerns herself with their representations. Anabel paints, but her passion and commitment has been collage, her obsession is working with paper.
The art
