Lot 104: Jose Toirac, Exposicion 1889-2006

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.

15" x 23.75" x 2.5"

2007