Jose Manuel Fors Cuba, b. 1956
Picture and papers tied up with rope, varnish
27.9 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm (each)
Exhibitions
“Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution,” traveling exhibition (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2001; Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 2001; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, 2002).
“Fragments,” Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida, United States, 2011.
“Las metáforas del cambio (Metaphors of Change),” Factoría Habana, Havana, Cuba (collateral exhibition to the 11th Havana Biennial), 2012 (Included a large-scale floor installation of brick-sized packets from the series.)
“A Sense of Place,” Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, California, United States, July 1, 2013 – May 1, 2014 (Included eleven works from the series, created specifically for the exhibition.)
“Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States, September 29, 2024 – August 3, 2025.
Literature
“Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution” (exhibition catalog) : page 89.
“Cuba Contemporary Art” - CEIBA Publications : pages 124–125.
“José Manuel Fors,” Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, no. 10 (catalog, Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas / ArteCubano Ediciones, Havana).
“A Sense of Place” (exhibition catalog), Pier 24 Photography, 2014.
“HazLink: Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas 2016 – José Manuel Fors,” ArteCubano Ediciones del Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Havana, 2016/2017 : pages 8–9 (detalle).
“Arte por Excelencias,” no. 31 (October/December 2016), dossier “Arte Contemporáneo: José Manuel Fors” : pages 24–27.
“Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH,” Glasstire, Online, September 12, 2024 : page 97.