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Estar "en la lucha" es, en el habla popular cubana, encontrarse luchando por la sobrevivencia económica, procurarse subsistencia. To be "in the struggle" is, in Cuban popular culture, to find oneself struggling for economic survival, for securing one's subsistence. ANTONIO JOSÉ PONTE - Havana, Cuba
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LALUCHAtheSTRUGGLE is an exhibit which consists of photographs by award winning photographer Laurence Salzmann with naive paintings by Cuban artist Luis El Estudiante that portrays Cuban youth culture. The photographs and paintings depict training of wrestlers in the city of Santiago de Cuba. By documenting the daily life of these young Cuban wrestlers, the photographer and painter give the viewer a renewed perspective of Cuban culture - one that differs from popular stereotypes of that nation. Luis El Estudiante, from Santiago de Cuba, presents a whimsical insiders view of the young wrestlers in training. Salzmann, an American, sees the wrestlers as a metaphor for the larger struggle that confronts not only Cuba but our world today. Both artists' work reveals universals that illustrate our common humanity. |
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LaLUCHAtheSTRUGGLE is available as a traveling exhibit EXHIBIT DETAILS The exhibit consists of 25 20"x20" photographs framed in plexiglass 26"x28" with 14 oil paintings 10"x10". This exhibit was first shown at Taller Puertoriqueño [October 2001] in Philadelphia. Original photographs and paintings from this series are for sale. |
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A DVD containing Salzmann's La Lucha and Imagining Cutumba videos is also avaiable and can be included with your book order for an additional $10.00. |
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for print sales and traveling show contact |
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