An early series exploring Havana’s architectural identity through abstraction, structure, and urban memory.
by Ramón Menocal
La Ciudad de las Columnas / The City of Columns
La Ciudad de las Columnas (The City of Columns) explores the architectural and cultural identity of Havana through abstraction and structural composition. Inspired by the city’s iconic colonnades and urban rhythm, Ramón Menocal transforms architectural elements into expressive visual language.
The series captures fragments of façades, walls, and spatial memory, where geometry and texture evoke both physical structures and emotional resonance. Through oil and mixed media works, the compositions reflect a dialogue between order and decay, permanence and transformation.
As an early body of work, this series establishes key themes in Menocal’s practice—place, identity, and the reinterpretation of environment through abstraction.
Main Works
Cabeza
1995
Mixed media on board
28 × 21 in
Fachada habanera
1994
Oil on canvas
41 × 37 in
Fragmento de ciudad #1
1995
Oil on canvas
43 × 43 in
Fragmento de ciudad #2
1995
Oil on canvas
43 × 43 in
Havana Dream
1995
Oil on canvas
43 × 43 in
Havana Wall
1995
Oil on canvas
44 × 40 in
Homenaje a Kandinsky
Homenaje a Kandinsky #1
1995
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a Kandinsky #2
1995
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a Kandinsky #3
1995
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a Kandinsky #4
1995
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana
Homenaje a La Habana #1
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #2
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #3
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #4
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #5
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #6
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #7
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #8
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Homenaje a La Habana #10
1994
Mixed media on board
28 × 24 in
Other
Untitled
1995
Mixed media on board
25 × 21 in
