Hal Bromm
90 West Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY, 10007
+1 212-732-6196
Summer Gallery Hours:
Tue–Fri 12–5
or anytime by appointment
(Regular hours will resume September 9)
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Hal Bromm
90 West Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY, 10007
+1 212-732-6196
Summer Gallery Hours:
Tue–Fri 12–5
or anytime by appointment
(Regular hours will resume September 9)
Join our mailing list
Carlos Alfonzo b. 1950
Born in Havana, Cuba, Carlos Alfonzo (1950 - 1991) began his education by attending the Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro studying painting, printmaking, and sculpture. As a student, he encountered Afro-Cuban religious symbols of various sects and began incorporating the motifs into his work. Reminiscent of voodoo culture, each culture was differentiated through sect-specific iconography. Although raised as a Catholic, Alfonzo’s work often blended pagan and Christian imagery to illustrate their overlap and connection to male power, passion, and sin.
After graduation, he attended the University of Havana to further study art history. In 1980, Alfonzo was deemed undesirable as a gay man and exiled from Cuba during the Mariel boatlift. Upon his arrival in the US, Alfonzo settled in Miami. Leaving Cuba allowed him to explore his sexuality both in his life and artwork. Alfonzo became known for his vibrant neo-Impressionistic style, as Victor Barrenechea wrote: “He filled canvas after canvas with wildly energetic and anxiously expressive renderings of raw emotion, despair, and alienation.”
Carlos Alfonzo first exhibited at Hal Bromm in 1987 with Paradiso, a solo show featuring paintings, ceramics, and works on paper. He lived and worked in Miami until his untimely death from AIDS-related complications in 1991. That year, Alfonzo’s work was included in the 1991 Whitney Biennial.
Exhibition History:
30
40: The Anniversary Exhibition
2007
2015
Press:
WLRN Public Media
Miami New Times
The Washington Post