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PROJECTS
AUTOPIA
It is a series of cars remodeled or adapted for navigation as the only resource to escape the Island. They were part of AUTOPIA: Road Trips from the Cold War to the Present, an exhibition curated by Elvis Fuentes and Gabriela M Fernandez collateral to Art Basel 2016.
Studebaker commander 1951
Acrylic/paper
2016
Pontiac Star chief 1956
Acrylic/paper
2016
Mercedes Benz
Acrylic/paper
2016
All the glory of the World
The title comes from Jose Martí's phrase: All the glory in the world fits in a grain of corn. The first series of these pieces was made in Cuba in 1998 and consisted of a grain of corn with a text engraved and then glued to a black printed paper in the order of Yo, Fe Patria, Poder and ended with a pop corn. This project would also be engraving the texts on the beads suspended in epoxy resin and there would be many more with different statements and ending in the same way.
Living Cuba
It is a project to be carried out and exemplifies part of the rhetoric of social property VS personal property and the Cuban "social being" in its room composed of obviously stolen objects of social use. A hydrant connected to a water fountain, a dispenser used as a refrigerator, airport seats, grass as a floor, an outdoor table with an umbrella, street lighting....