Mabel Poblet

Desde lo alto, from the series Desapariencia, 2017

Mixed media on PVC, 151 x 100 cm.


  • Mabel Poblet redimensiona la fotografía en tanto lenguaje expresivo por la implementación de otras técnicas artísticas como la instalación. Un interesante juego de texturas que enriquece conceptualmente sus piezas.
  • The petals outline the shapes and make us sense an invariable element that makes singular the artistic production of this relevant creator. The sought-after artist mixes artistic languages from pop art to kitsch; an authentic re-appropriation she makes in order to enrich both the visual elements and the meaning of the artworks.
  • Artista visual que ha incursionado satisfactoriamente en la foto-instalación como propuesta artística que amplía el repertorio del arte cubano contemporáneo.
  • Las flores en tanto elemento que ofrece una textura visual particular perviven de un cuadro a otro como elemento distintivo y altamente expresivo en la obra de esta artista cubana.
  • Mabel Poblet is self-referential both formally and in content, in this formality lies the connection with American pop and its anchorage to elements of daily life.
  • Preminente artista cubana que ha sido galardonada en cuantiosos certámenes nacionales e internacionales. Su obra forma parte de importantes colecciones públicas y privadas.

Dreaming of a World of Wonder

Experiences fragmented in images combine with longings and fantasies to make the dream real. A complex space of existence, where one transits through the dark without knowing if we will get the joy or the sleeplessness of some nightmare. Mixture of reality and chimera disrupted by imagination, aren’t dreams the core where the lucidity of reason and the irrational magic of feelings join together? Is art not largely based on these two dimensions? These are the matters condensed on the colorful and fantastic surfaces articulated by Mabel Poblet. Again and again the artist drops a sendal of small figurines on the canvas, which is a sort of dreamlike veil of flowers. Mantle that transpires the fractured female body and print a unique visuality.

The woman looked to the floor and, incredibly, it was heaven under her feet what was scattered. Beautiful horizon discovered from the most personal take. A look that reveals the apparent beauty and instability of the road. A visual angle in the first person that only partially shows the body, precisely that part that defines the steps and sustains the being. Another Wonderland where the rocks are clouds and the paths become windy. Maybe every woman is an Alice growing up in her dreams.

–Claudia Montero