1512, 1533, 1740, 1868, 1895, 1959...

Woodcut
2004
6 Panel Print - 152" x 144"

Since Columbus first stepped onto the island of Cuba there has been a continuous rotation of violence and complacency. The steady stream of revolutions and uprising began in 1512 with the Taino tribe resisting the Spanish empire. Since then the repeated exploitation of Cubans has created the image of a people who willingly go along with the abuse, then forcibly change their scenario. Only to fall back into the revolving and stereotypical loop. The most recent being the 1959 revolution
and what will be the eventual collapse of it.