This study treats the work of Juana García Abás y José Luis Fariñas, two contemporary Cuban-Jew and how in their art is imbued with the Kabbalah. García Abás’ poetry, discussed here, is very complex, but it follows a Kabbalistic logic in its exploration to how the universe functions. Like the Kabbalistic texts, this poetry is not linear; it is a fusion of symbols and little-known references relate to each other in unexpected ways. Fariñas, a drawer, watercolorist and also a poet, possesses a very personal understanding of the Kabbalah. He presents it’s concepts in idiosyncratic ways, that at first sight, often seem strange. His figures demand the interpretation of the viewer in a way that that mimics the reader of obscure medieval texts.
Sadow, S. (2019). The Influence of the Kabbalah in the Works of Juana García Abás and José Luis Fariñas of Cuba. Cuadernos Judaicos, (36), 153–172. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8749.2019.55875
