Curated by Octavio Zaya, Curator and Art Critic
Advised by Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and Chair, Cuba Studies Program
Since the early 1990s, José Toirac has been a well-known artist in Cuba, even if his unassuming and reserved personality didn’t propel him into the instant fame and recognition that was granted to other artists from his generation. Despite the obvious political irony of his paintings and drawings, or perhaps because of it, José Toirac was awarded last year’s National Prize...
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