Luis Casas aka Mr MYL is a multitalented visual artist from Havana Cuba. He graduated from the University of Arts (ISA - Havana) and the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. He has been making traditional fine art and street art for over a decade.
A prolific artist, his art is not bound by one style. His influences are limitless and believes open minded versatility is essential to creativity. Yet, there is always a Cuban subtext to his work as his cultural roots are the essence of his being. He hopes his art, in particular his street murals, encourages a profound social, political and artistic discourse. Pioneer of the Cuban graffiti and street art movement in Havana, Mr MYL continuously enables and collaborates with countless artists local and worldwide. International artists have been traveling for years for the opportunity to paint alongside him in the streets of Havana.
Mr MYL has been invited to exhibit and paint in several countries including La Fábrica de Arte (Havana, Cuba), Poliniza Urban Art Festival (Valencia, Spain), Museum of Graffiti (Miami, USA), Pictopia Festival (Medellin, Columbia), Bordeaux Parallaxes (Bordeaux, France), Concrete Festival (Hamilton, Canada) and more.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Mr MYL perceives his work as a process; they say that the artist's job is to live life and make that experience an artistic practice. His main influences are contextual and historical, mostly the mystical history, of ritual, of magic. He's interested in the connection between art and magic. He explores visual references in original practices. His current fixation are artifacts of African tribes and indigenous people of the Americas.
In contemporary life there is a tendency to polarization that ends up dividing and distancing us from the possibility of developing a spiritual connection that allows us to enjoy the experience of life. It is a constant battle to live with courage, to practice a liberating and healing art.
Read more here: https://upmag.com/mr-myl-inspiring-havana/
Read more here: https://upmag.com/mr-myl-inspiring-havana/
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Mr. MYL es egresado de la Universidad de Bellas Artes (ISA - La Habana) y de la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro. Ha desarrollado su trabajo en bellas artes tradicionales y arte callejero durante más de una década.
Un artista prolífico que no está limitado por un estilo. Con su arte, en particular sus murales callejeros, espera fomentar un profundo discurso social, político y artístico. Siendo un pionero del movimiento cubano de graffiti y arte callejero en La Habana, ha podido colaborar con innumerables artistas locales y de todo el mundo.
En 2017, con el deseo de contribuir con su comunidad, ayudó a fundar, junto con otros motivadores con ideas afines, el Distrito de Arte de San Isidro en La Habana Vieja, donde se organizaron exhibiciones, festivales comunitarios y talleres para jóvenes.
Mr. MYL ha sido invitado a exponer y pintar en varios países, incluidos La Fábrica de Arte (La Habana, Cuba), Poliniza Urban Art Festival (Valencia, España), Museum of Graffiti (Miami, EE. UU.), Pictopia Festival (Medellín, Colombia), Bordeaux Parallaxes. (Burdeos, Francia), Concrete Festival (Hamilton, Canadá) y más.
STATEMENT
Su trabajo es percibido por el artista como un proceso; Dicen que el trabajo del artista es vivir la vida y hacer de esa experiencia una práctica artística. Sus principales influencias son contextuales e históricas, principalmente la historia mística, del ritual, de la magia. Está interesado en la conexión entre el arte y la magia y explora referencias visuales en prácticas originales. En este momento su fijación actual son los artefactos de tribus africanas y pueblos indígenas de las Américas.
En la vida contemporánea existe una tendencia a la polarización que termina dividiéndose y alejándonos de la posibilidad de desarrollar una conexión espiritual que nos permita disfrutar la experiencia de la vida. Es una batalla constante por vivir con coraje, por practicar un arte liberador y sanador.