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For the last two years I have been working on my "caged paintings"
series, to which all the works in this exhibition belong. My work is obviously shaped by the result of the constant relation between image and object– the latter coming out of realistic photo imagery. The origin of my work is often anecdotal and I use self-portraits as well as family portraits.Both the images as well as the symbols I use determine the "autobiographical" character of my work. I have always been interested in the permanent existential and paradoxical sense that exists between life and death, between human experience and the visible legacy of each era. The search for the significance of daily life has allowed me to find both physical and visual solutions in reality. Each caged image reflects on a story, a personal experience. They are moments that have been stopped in time so as to be "seen" in their utmost truth. The act of being "caged" (locking oneself in) is in itself a daily ritual, a sign of survival, a document that has been "frozen" for a longer time, infinite. |
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Primavera del 80 (autoretrato enjaulado I) These three works reflect the life of the artist through his own image (self-portraits) during important moment in the life of Cuban society. In this particular case, he is referring to three moments that are linked to Cuban emigration. It is significant that each of the works show the line of the horizon, since Cuba has historically had a strong connection to the sea. Each is done using one of the colors of the Cuban flag (white, red and blue). All the images are inside cages as if the artist wanted to freeze each moment of his life inside of a concrete space (days, weeks, months). |