The Fiart 2022 International Crafts Fair today welcomes the return of Cuban textile design to the catwalks with a wide range of aesthetically pleasing art from the hands of its key creators.
Until December 20th, the event brings to the public the work of designers from the largest of the Antilles and the productions of exhibitors from nine countries, spread over almost 300 exhibition points.
The twenty-fourth edition of the meeting dedicated to recycling in crafts will feature pieces by creators such as Ángel Ferrer, Jesús Frías (Chuchi), the Fresco Project, among others, according to the Deputy Director of the Cuban Fund for Cultural Heritage (FCBC). , Marta Ivis Sanchez.
“Our fashion catwalks this year want to go back to basics, we have a lot of quality in the shows,” said Sánchez, while highlighting this opportunity to appreciate and buy garments “that Cubans have been able to wear in their usual walk since that time.” . the concept is moving away from the fantasy catwalks.
He also stressed that the initiative is in line with the intentions of the fair’s organizing institution to become “an aesthetic compass for the country”, with innovative garments adapted to the island’s climatic conditions. Another novelty of the event is the articulation of a complete exhibition of Telarte, an initiative of the FCBC that “had stopped producing a few years ago and pieces and designs have been recovered”.
This unique experience encourages the use of plastic art in textile prints, extending their existence beyond galleries and museums while being part of everyday objects of high aesthetic value.
Considered the most important commercial exhibition center of its kind in Cuba and the Caribbean, Fiart hosts productions from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Russia, as well as from all Cuban provinces, institutions and the foreign-governmental sector.