Diago: The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present

by Alejandro de la Fuente

A leading member of the new Afro-Cuban cultural movement, visual artist Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971) has produced a body of work that offers a revisionist history of the Cuban nation. His "history"--a term he frequently inserts in his works using the visual language of graffiti--is not the official narrative of a racially harmonious nation, built thanks to the selfless efforts of generous white patriots. Diago's Cuba is a nation built on pain,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674977068
• ISBN13: 9780674977068
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and Afric
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.