a series of drawings critiquing the deterioration of the communist regime in my country, Cuba. these old men (among others i have been drawing) are representations of a communist ideology, which read great on paper, but didn't quite work. some of the men are drawn in a kind a submissive position, while others have a kind decrepit posture in order to represent the fact that everything ends. using the body, as a point of departure without an arrival (as in old age), they embody the decaying state of the government as well as poke fun at the male machismo culture, which is at the core of what Fidel Castro represents.
these are going to be large etchings, eventually.
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