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b. 1966 -

José Toirac (born José Angel Toirac y Batista on April 7, 1966 in Guantanamo, Cuba) is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing, and installation.

Toirac from 1979 to 1981 he studied in the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 23 y C, in Havana, Cuba. Between 1981-1985 he studied Painting in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana, Cuba. And since 1985 to 1990 he studied painting in the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba.

Toirac was a member from 1988 to 1992 of the artistic group Grupo ABTV, along with Tanya Angulo, Juan Pablo Ballester, and Ileana Villazón.

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  • Jose Toirac (CUB), Via Crucis (Polyptych: 14), 2007-2008
    Mar. 23, 2025

    Jose Toirac (CUB), Via Crucis (Polyptych: 14), 2007-2008

    Est: $70,000 - $80,000

    Photo, acrylic, gold leaf on wood, 19.30 x 28.75 in, Unframed, Signed and numbered recto lower verso, Unique

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac (CUB), Colt 38 yacente (Homage to Martí­), 2020
    Mar. 23, 2025

    Jose Toirac (CUB), Colt 38 yacente (Homage to Martí­), 2020

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    Marble , 8 1/2 x 14 x 4 in, Unframed, Signed and dated, Unique

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac (CUB), Vanitas Vanitatum, 2013
    Mar. 23, 2025

    Jose Toirac (CUB), Vanitas Vanitatum, 2013

    Est: $28,000 - $36,000

    White marble. Realized in cooperation with sculptor Roberto Perez Crespo of Miami (2013) and Meira Marrero, 17.50 x 13 x 10 in, Unframed, Unique

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Manos
    Oct. 31, 2024

    Jose Toirac, Manos

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Jose Toirac Manos 2009 acrylic on canvas 27.5 h x 17.875 w in (70 x 45 cm) Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Jose A Toirac "Manos" JT 2009 09'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Wright
  • Jose Toirac (1966-), Infinita paciencia, 2017
    Nov. 24, 2023

    Jose Toirac (1966-), Infinita paciencia, 2017

    Est: $2,000 - $2,500

    Ink on heavy paper, 9 x 5.50 in; 22.86 x 13.97 cm. Signed and dated recto lower: "Toirac. La Habana, 2017". Unique

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac. Malecon, 2007-08
    May. 15, 2022

    Jose Toirac. Malecon, 2007-08

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Photo, acrylic, gold leaf on wood, 29.50 x 20 in. 74.93 x 50.8 cm. In Verso: 4/5 Malecón, artist's signature. 4/5. 20 x 29.5 in.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac. Sony, from "Waiting for the Right Time" series, 2015- 2019
    May. 15, 2022

    Jose Toirac. Sony, from "Waiting for the Right Time" series, 2015- 2019

    Est: $8,000 - $10,000

    Oil on canvas, 15.75 x 23.50 in (40.0 x 59.69 cm). Signed verso: José Toirac, Series WFRT, 2015. Unique. Black frame, frame sizes: 17 x 25 in

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac. Canon
    May. 15, 2022

    Jose Toirac. Canon

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Colored pencil on paper, 8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm). Unique. Black frame, frame sizes: 15.5 x 18.5 in.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Toirac, Jose. Infinita paciencia. 2017
    Dec. 05, 2021

    Toirac, Jose. Infinita paciencia. 2017

    Est: $2,000 - $2,600

    Ink on heavy paper. 9 x 5.50 in 22.86 x 13.97 cm.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Toirac, Jose. Cuanta Verdad. 2017
    Dec. 05, 2021

    Toirac, Jose. Cuanta Verdad. 2017

    Est: $2,000 - $2,600

    Ink on heavy paper. 10.75 x 9.25 in 27.3 x 23.49 cm.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Parque Maceo, Hommage to Walker Evans, from the Suite of 14 pieces
    Dec. 13, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Parque Maceo, Hommage to Walker Evans, from the Suite of 14 pieces

    Est: $4,000 - $5,000

    Photo, acrylic, gold leaf on wood, 30 x 20 in. Signed, titled and editioned verso. Ed. 4/5. Framed.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Galiano y Barcelona, Hommage to Walker Evans, from the Suite of 14 pieces
    Dec. 13, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Galiano y Barcelona, Hommage to Walker Evans, from the Suite of 14 pieces

    Est: $4,000 - $5,000

    Photo, acrylic, gold leaf on wood, 20 x 30 in. Signed, tited and editioned verso. Ed. 4/5. Framed.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Infante y Concordia, Hommage to Walker Evans, from the Suite of 14 pieces
    Dec. 13, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Infante y Concordia, Hommage to Walker Evans, from the Suite of 14 pieces

    Est: $4,000 - $5,000

    Photo, acrylic, gold leaf on wood, 20 x 29.5 x 1 in. Signed, titled and editioned verso. Ed. 4/5. Framed.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Orbis
    Dec. 13, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Orbis

    Est: $5,000 - $6,000

    Mixed media, 22.5 x 16.5 x 3 in

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Con Permiso de la Historia
    Aug. 23, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Con Permiso de la Historia

    Est: - $1,800

    Work on paper. Digital Photo C/Print, 14" x 11". Framed. With History’s permission), 1996 Most of the emblematic images of Fidel Castro and the rebels during the revolution were in reality recreations made later with fashion photographers, to propagate more attractive historical images. By resetting and recreating those same images, using his friends and students from the Superior Art Institute, Toirac puts in evidence that history has ceased to be linear, becoming a cyclical and magical process perpetuating that moment.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Infinita paciencia
    Aug. 23, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Infinita paciencia

    Est: - $2,500

    Work on paper. Ink On Heavy Paper, 9" x 5.5". Framed, Signed, and dated: Recto Bottom/signature LA HABANA, 2017. En el Teatro (In the Theatre) This artwork is part of a series of fake drawings of Eduardo Abela, based on Abela's newspaper comics, which Toirac purchased in the black market. Toirac signed them, as to validate that the message behind Abela's original comics are still valid today. In these works the titles have a significant relationship with the meaning of the original comic; this specific work makes a humorous reference to freedom of expression.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Exposicion 1889-2006
    Aug. 23, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Exposicion 1889-2006

    Est: - $1,500

    3D Work. Mixed Media, 15" x 23.75" x 2.5". Framed. CUBA 1869-2006 This piece illustrates Toirac's original "Cuba - 1869-2006" of 2007, which consisted of all the Presidents of the new Cuban Republic, starting with the first, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, and ending with Raul Castro (president at the time that the work was made). The original work was censored by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba on the basis that "you cannot have good and bad people together in the same room"; another problem, however, was the presence of a nail on the wall, after the portrait of Raul Castro, which suggested an open question about the president who would follow, as well as the future of Cuba.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Orbis
    Aug. 23, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Orbis

    Est: - $6,000

    3D Work. Mixed Media, 22.5" x 16.5" x 3". Orbis, A Tribute To Walker Evans This piece is made with acrylic on wood, laminated in gold leaf. It is part of a series of pieces exhibited at the National Museum of Havana. The show recreated in this medium many of the photographs taken by the American photographer Walker Evans during his trip to Cuba of 1933, to document the miserable conditions of the Cuban people. This specific piece refers to a cue of simple people, a customary problem in Cuba to obtain anything necessary for everyday life - a condition still present today: the artist infers that nothing has changed between one dictator of the right and the other of the left. The original photo was first published in the book "The Crime of Cuba" (1934), a copy of which has been made a part of this piece.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Solve et Coagula (ceramic plates)
    Aug. 23, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Solve et Coagula (ceramic plates)

    Est: - $500

    3D Works. Ceramic, 0" x 0". Twelve unique ceramic dishes, each printed with different fragments of corroded chains from the monument to the Victims of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba. / Titled dated and signed in verso: "Solve et Coagula" 2012 M&T. Group of 11 black ceramic plates- part of an installation (were 12 but one broke in transit) Unique piece from a set of 12. The others are available for purchase at the same price as the winning bid. From the Series Solve et Coagula The series of 12 euqal-si9ze plates are part of the installation "Solve et Coagula", based on the historical event of the explosion of the Maine, an American battleship which was anchored in the Havana harbor during the Spanish-American war, in 1898. This piece is related to the historical love-hate relationship between Cuba and the United States, and specifically to the political antagonism after the 1959 revolution. The photo printed on each ceramic plate was taken by the artist at the monument to the Maine located almost in front of the American embassy in Havana. The monument was unveiled in 1925 and two original cannons and an anchor chain from the battleship were part of it. Toirac's artwork also signifies the conversion of patriotic relics of war into souvenirs and merchandise.

    PAAP Auctions
  • Jose Toirac, Ruleta
    Aug. 23, 2020

    Jose Toirac, Ruleta

    Est: - $32,000

    Painting. Oil On Canvas, 70" x 98".

    PAAP Auctions
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