rigo

It was easy to recognize him in many of his fragmented compositions: the same long, slender face topped with a cap, hair tied back in a ponytail, a cigar clenched between his lips or smoldering in an ashtray. For Rigo gave form to an inner world where scenes of everyday life—that of the marginalized Cuban he was—intermingled with erotic fantasies and visions tinged with self-mockery. His vignettes unfold narratively like a storyboard, punctuated by fragments of text, often phonetic, conveying a direct, unfiltered voice.
His graphic language, somewhere between pop art and comic strips, owed much to his qualities as a colorist.
Although he was hospitalized twice in psychiatric institutions, Rigoberto eventually found work as a guard in a state service, until the tragic accident that cost him his life in the summer of 2025.
This exhibition is intended as a tribute to his resilience, as well as to his body of work, which now features in eminent collections of outsider art and contemporary art.