Lot 103: Jose Toirac, Orbis

3D Work. Mixed Media, 22.5" x 16.5" x 3". Orbis, A Tribute To Walker Evans This piece is made with acrylic on wood, laminated in gold leaf. It is part of a series of pieces exhibited at the National Museum of Havana. The show recreated in this medium many of the photographs taken by the American photographer Walker Evans during his trip to Cuba of 1933, to document the miserable conditions of the Cuban people. This specific piece refers to a cue of simple people, a customary problem in Cuba to obtain anything necessary for everyday life - a condition still present today: the artist infers that nothing has changed between one dictator of the right and the other of the left. The original photo was first published in the book "The Crime of Cuba" (1934), a copy of which has been made a part of this piece.

22.5" x 16.5" x 3"