Jose Toirac Cuban, b. 1966
Solve Et Coagula (Installation), 2012
Installation. Wood supports, plywood sheets, cloth cover, 13 ceramic plates, triptych oil on canvas.
6391987
The paintings depict the gradual deterioration of the friendship between the US and Cuba, as seen through the breakdown of the sculpture of a bronze eagle and the word “Liberty”;...
The paintings depict the gradual deterioration of the friendship between the US and Cuba, as seen through the breakdown of the sculpture of a bronze eagle and the word “Liberty”; the third panel shows a tenuous unfinished
process of rebuilding under Pres Obama. The plates have different images of the chain attached to the anchor of the ship “Maine”, which was to be memorialized in the monument. They are arranged as if in Leonardo’s “Last Supper”.
process of rebuilding under Pres Obama. The plates have different images of the chain attached to the anchor of the ship “Maine”, which was to be memorialized in the monument. They are arranged as if in Leonardo’s “Last Supper”.