A powerful abstract exploration of Cuba’s sugar cane fields, reflecting cultural memory, landscape, and identity through layered textures and expressive forms.
by Ramón Menocal
Cañaverales / Sugar Cane Fields
by Ramón Menocal
The Cañaverales (Sugar Cane Fields) series explores the cultural and historical symbolism of Cuba’s agricultural landscape. Through abstraction and gestural expression, these works evoke the rhythm, density, and layered textures of sugar cane fields—an enduring metaphor for Cuban identity.
Rooted in memory and materiality, the series reflects both the physical environment and the socio-cultural narratives embedded within it. The compositions suggest both organic growth and fragmentation, referencing the history of labor, colonial legacy, and transformation tied to the land. Through dynamic mark-making and rich surfaces, Menocal translates landscape into an emotional and conceptual experience.
Cañaverales, Abstracción #1
1995
Mixed media on paper
25 × 27 in
Cañaverales, Abstracción #2
1995
Mixed media on paper
25 × 27 in
Cañaverales, Abstracción #3
1995
Mixed media on paper
25 × 27 in
Cañaveral #1
1995
Mixed media on paper
25 × 27 in
Cañaveral #2
1997
Mixed media on paper
60 × 48 in
Cañaveral #3
1995
Mixed media on paper
25.09 × 27 in
Cañaveral #4
1995
Mixed media on paper
38.09 × 27.05 in
Cañaveral #5
1996
Mixed media on paper
21.05 × 19.06 in
Contrapunteos
2000
Acrylic on canvas
68.05 × 64 in
Plantación #2
2000
Mixed media on paper
6 x 59 x 50 in
Untitled #1
1991
Ink & crayon on paper
19.05 × 24 in
Untitled #2
1995
Watercolor on paper
29.05 × 21.05 in
Untitled #3
1995
Watercolor on paper
26.05 × 19 in
Untitled #4
1997
Acrylic on canvas
42 × 39 in
Untitled #5
1997
Acrylic on canvas
42 × 39 in
Ventana
1995
Watercolor on paper
25.05 × 19 in
Figura
1995
Mixed media on paper
39.09 × 28 in
Growth
1997
Acrylic on canvas
60 × 48 in
