Jose Marti & I

Project

Hacia todas partes voy

Technique

Digital Art

Date
10/10/1998

José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature.


All the Glory of the World

"Toda la Gloria del Mundo cabe en un grano de maíz": "All the Glory of the World fits on a corn." A phrase from Jose Marti's phrase that dignifies modesty

Project

Cultivo una Rosa Blanca

Technique

Installation

Date

10/03/2008

I have a white rose to tend

I have a white rose to tend

In July as in January;

I give it to the true friend

Who offers his frank hand to me. 

And for the cruel one whose blows

Break the heart by which I live,

Thistle nor thorn do I give:

For him, too, I have a white rose.

J. Martí.

Our weapons are ideas

José Martí has been the mask of innumerable corrupt politicians in their most shady plans such as the export of terror throughout the planet. Various terrorists from various countries were trained and financed during the Cold War by Cuba to destabilize their governments using Marti's slogans. The Soviet AK and the Cuban bills with the image of the apostle make up this work