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FIDEL CHE Y JOSE MARTI
German artist Bernhard Hartmann owes his recent success to his breathtaking representations of historic buildings that are highly symbolic and entirely dedicated to art and culture. On his travels, he also ponders the meaning and heritage value applied to old abandoned buildings as in his series on Cuba taken between 2010 and 2014. The photograph Fidel, Che y Jose Marti represents an interior, most likely that of a workshop situated in the heart of the old part of Havana. On the wall, three posters feature the effigies of the fathers of the Cuban revolution: Jose Marti (1853-1895), Che Guevara (1928-1967) and Fidel Castro (born in 1926). These leaders fostered cults of personality among the Cuban people, becoming household names. ... See more See less