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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernesto Rancaño, Mi Nombre Tiene Sal, 2008

Ernesto Rancaño

Mi Nombre Tiene Sal, 2008
Acrylic on Canvas with sewn fish hooks
29 1/2 x 52 3/4 inches
74.9 x 133.9 cm
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Visualisation

On a Wall
Ernesto Rancaño’s 'Mi Nombre Tiene Sal' presents Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara from behind, arms outstretched in a cruciform stance that recalls both crucifixion and protest....
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Ernesto Rancaño’s "Mi Nombre Tiene Sal" presents Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara from behind, arms outstretched in a cruciform stance that recalls both crucifixion and protest. His dark-skinned torso and extended limbs are pierced by dozens of fish hooks, from which thin red threads descend like blood or salted tears, turning the body into a living ledger of persecution and defiance. Each hook functions as both instrument of capture and emblem of endurance, marking the precise sites where the state has repeatedly sought to silence him. The title declares that a name is not abstract but salted—preserved through suffering, seasoned by resistance, and heavy with the brine of exile and imprisonment. Conceptually, the painting transforms personal nomenclature into public sacrifice: Otero Alcántara does not merely endure the hooks; he carries them openly, refusing release from the very mechanisms that define and attempt to erase him. The work stands as an unequivocal emblem of unyielding Cuban dissent, where identity itself becomes the most radical act of presence.
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Exhibitions

“Todo el tiempo de los cedros,” UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2008'


“Abrazos Prohibidos,” Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba, 2009


“La mitad de mi vida,” La Cabaña D3 Vault, Havana, Cuba, 2012

Provenance

Estudio Rancaño > Private Collection Havana Cuba
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