The Light in Cuban Eyes Photo Exhibit | SF

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The Light in Cuban Eyes is an exhibition of over 70 photographs from 18 leading Cuban photographers taken during & after Cuba’s “Special Period”; a time of extreme hardship after the 1992 withdraw of Soviet resources. The show ranges from traditional silver gelatin prints in the style of Henri Cartier Bresson & Robert Frank, to contemporary vibrant and stunning color digital imagery. Some depict how cuban’s manipulate the legal system to gain basic need and want, such as renovating pre-1959 vehicles. The photos also include the LGBT community which Cuban officials ban.

The artists in this exhibit all play a role in the Cuban art world. Nelson Ramirez, one half of the Liudmila & Nelson duo, is the director of the Fototeca de Cuba, Cuba’s repository of photography. The pair’s work was featured in the Cuban pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Lisette Solorzano, Jose Julian Marti, and Perdo Abascal exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions at the XI Biennale of Havana in 2012. From this small island nation, these artists present divergent bodies of work that pay tribute to their rich cultural history while looking toward the future.

The exhibition is inspired by Madeleine P. Plonsker’s collection, which she accumulated over a period of 10 years from 2002 to 2012. The Light in Cuban Eyes coincides with the recent release of a book of the same title inspired by her collection, featuring over 170 works of art by more than 50 artists. The exhibition coincides with the reinstatement of US-Cuban relations. For first time in over fifty years the Cuban embassy in Washington, DC & the United States embassy in Havana, Cuba have raised their flags and reopened. The gallery will present part two in the next 18 to 24 months.

Presented by Jenkins Johnson Gallery

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