These four drawings of mine (all about Boats) were created in 1990 and published by "La Nuez" magazine, New York 1991. Edition and Direction of Rafael Bordao.
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The Mariel experience was definitely a drama by itself, but only after a whole decade went by, and based on my own experience I could finally make sense of the whole picture.
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It was not only the bad credentials given to us by the "Havana-medalagana-bitch". You see, before "1989-the fall of the Berlin Wall", it was trendy to be "lefty" in this country and the Western World in general, as dictated by the "infamous-Holy like-intelligence". Being Cuban artists and residents in USA by our own-will, was a disadvantage that other Cuban American artists didn't confront, because most of the Cubans in the art scene already here, were originally brought by their parents basically two decades before. And that explains "Los Maceitos".
Very simple "Maceitos:good, Marielitos:bad".
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Anyway, mine and Ernesto' agenda was to build a "human-life" first, and then "art-passion" will make it's way naturally.
Not an "starving artist project" at all.
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We were so happy to be out of Cuba, grateful for all the nice people we had the fortune to meet and lucky to have found art-related works and most important, the fact that we were living in freedom.
After all "The American Dream" was not what brought us here. It was "The Cuban Nightmare".
Good morning, I love this post, Cepp.
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