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Two Cuban Artists Launch First Major US Exhibition in Miami

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - October 17, 2013

Above: “Solve et Coagula”, 2012, by Jose Toirac and Meira Marerro

By the Caribbean Journal staff

MIAMI — Jose Toirac and Meira Marrero, a team of artists from Havana, have launched their first major solo exhibition in a United States gallery.

The show, “Vanitas,” is being exhibited at Pan American Art Projects in Miami’s Wynwood neighbourhood.

A collection of sculptures, paintings, installations and videos, “Vanitas” explores the ephemerality of fame, beauty, power, political alliances and wealth.

At the core of the project is a collection of 23 portraits of former First Ladies of Cuba, inspired by a 1952 article in “Vanidades” magazine about Cuba’s first ladies.

Another work, Cara y Cruz, includes 16 paintings: eight are young revolutionaries executed for opposition to former Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, while the other eight are people executed immediately after the Cuban revolution.

“Vanitas”
Pan American Art Projects
Through Nov. 23, 2013
2450 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

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