MOCA North Miami Opens Show for Cuban Artist Juan Francisco Elso
Juan Francisco Elso changed the face of Cuban art forever with a single wooden sculpture.
Source: miaminewtimes.com
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Juan Francisco Elso changed the face of Cuban art forever with a single wooden sculpture.
Was la Venus Negra a sex symbol, an export product in a tourist’s economy of desire? Or a political symbol, who undresses as an act of resistance?
The Cuban sculptor fused Latin America, Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean spiritual traditions. He inspired a movement, and one of the year’s best shows.