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NFTarot from the EFC Collection
The Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection in collaboration with eDigital.ART creates digitally inspired versions of physical artworks that retain their original spirit and character.
All proceeds of this project will benefit the artists and art community through the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO).
About this collection
Artworks from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection have been transformed in collaboration with eDigital.ART into collectible Tarot card NFTs starting with Gustavo Perez Monzon and Glenda León.
Monzón’s NFTs are based on three physical tarot deck artworks—The Point Tarot, The Norka Tarot, and The Angel Tarot. During the 1980s, Monzón became interested in ancient knowledge systems like numerology and tarot, which impacted his world view and artistic practice. Born in Cuba, Monzón pursued esoteric knowledge systems.
León’s practice frequently engages with digital and new media. eDigital.ART commissioned León to create new digital works for this initiative, minted as NFTs, which exemplify an alternate look at the esoteric based on León’s world view, and global perspective.
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About Ella Fontanals-Cisneros
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros is a Cuban-born philanthropist and art collector with an abiding passion and a discerning eye for contemporary art and design. Ms. Fontanals-Cisneros began collecting works by artists from Latin America in the 1970s. The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection has since grown to include some of the most noteworthy and cutting-edge artists and works from around the world. Parts of the EFC Collection have been on loan to a number of renowned global institutions including the Tate Modern (London), the Reina Sofia Museum (Madrid), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), and The Perez Art Museum (Miami) just to name a few.
The collection is now comprised of more than 2,700 artworks - some prominent artists include Glenda Leon, Gustavo Perez Monzon, Marina Abramovic, Lygia Clark, Ai WeiWei, Carmen Herrera, Gego, Damien Hirst, Julio Le Parc, Sol Lewitt, Ana Mendieta, Helio Oiticica, among others.
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About Gustavo Pérez Monzón
Gustavo Pérez Monzón is a Cuban artist, lauded for his role in introducing Conceptual art to his native country. He first emerged in the early 1980s as part of a generation of artists loosely known as Volumen Uno and over the years, Monzon has been featured in exhibitions around the world.
Drawing influence from conceptualism and minimalism, Pérez Monzón has honed a unique sensibility towards organic materials and geometric forms. He is recognized predominantly for his vast works on paper of dots and lines made from mixed media; large-scale line drawings carved from aluminum powder and pigment, and immersive installations of wire, stone, and thread.
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About Glenda León
Glenda León is a Cuban visual artist based in Havana and Madrid. León works in various forms including sculpture, drawing, video art, installations, and photography. She is interested in the cross between visible and invisible, sound and silence, and between ephemeral and eternal. Léon often uses raw materials and by-products of music along with materials directly from her body such as strands of hair or gum she has chewed.
Leon has received prizes from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and residencies like Couvent des Récollets, in Paris and Fonderie Darling, in Montreal. She was also part of the Cuban Pavilion in the 55th Venice Biennial with the sound installation Music of the Spheres (2013). She has also been invited and participated in events around the world.
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