Highlights
Havana once again is the muse that inspires talented artists, in this case, LOLO, who with wise mastery and hyper realistic dominance of shape, subtly invites us to be swayed by his influence and candour; his desires to live life, his urban ambiances where paradoxically, humans don’t live; where they don’t speak...they are only insinuated on canvasses that appear to be instant photographs of a known reality. Architecture becomes space to get to know one and other, perceive, learn, and seize on our nostalgia as they define us as human beings.
The reality that LOLO puts forth is not a mimetic result: the artist has manipulated, displaced some backgrounds and incorporated others, showing us his own vision of such a polysemous city. With a palette of warm colours, the creator shows us the beauty of the island’s life, its intensity, its vigour.
Kavafis has summed it up: “The city will always be with you...”