Viva Cuba Mosaic Havana
by Joan Carroll
Title
Viva Cuba Mosaic Havana
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
“Viva Cuba”, spread across the roof vents in the Jaimanitas neighborhood outside of Havana Cuba. It’s all part of the artistic work of Jose Fuster who long ago decided to put his artistic talents to work into his real world surroundings. In 1975, he moved into a modest wood house in the rundown neighborhood of Jaimanitas outside Havana. He set about decorating his studio in colorful mosaic. Once he was done there, he asked his neighbors if he could decorate their homes and businesses as well. A few accepted his offer and the colorful tile creations grew. Over the course of a decades, doctors’ offices, bus stops, fountains, benches, gateways, and more were enveloped by Fuster’s whimsical imagination. Today, his artwork coats the neighborhood in a rainbow of strange, enchanting fantasy. Jaimanitas was an economically depressed area before Fuster arrived. Jaimanitas is now a unique work of public art where Fuster has decorated over 80 houses with ornate murals and domes to suit the personality of his neighbors. Here, even the rear of the houses has some decoration.
FEATURED PHOTO, Toxic City Art group, 10/23/17
FEATURED PHOTO, Arts Fantastic World group, 10/20/17
FEATURED PHOTO, Lady Photographers And Artists group, 10/20/17
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 10/18/17
joan carroll, tiles, tilework, ceramic, art, public art, urban art
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October 17th, 2017
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