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Jose Manuel Fors, Palimpsesto, 2018

Jose Manuel Fors

Palimpsesto, 2018
Assembled strips of book pages
69 x 26 x 3 in
175.3 x 66 x 7.6 cm
Unique
The Dominguez Family Collection
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In "Palimpsesto," José Manuel Fors transforms discarded echoes of Cuba's turbulent history into a vertical excavation of time—stacking brittle shards of outdated manuscripts, faded periodicals, architectural schematics, torn book passages, handwritten correspondences, and sepia-toned snapshots into a precarious tower of recollection. This deliberate compression mimics the relentless overwriting of personal and national narratives, where suppressed voices bleed through the strata, challenging viewers to peel back the accretions and confront the selective fragility of what endures versus what fades.

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The DF Collection is a family art collection dedicated exclusively to Contemporary Cuban Art, highlighting key artists such as Tania Bruguera, Los Carpinteros, and Belkis Ayón.
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Provenance

Jose Manuel Fors Studio > Pan American Art Projects

Exhibitions

Personal exhibition Palimpsesto. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba. 2017-2018.

Personal exhibition Candies. Homage to Félix González Torres. Pan American Art Projects. Miami, FL. 2019

Pan American Art Projects at Art Miami 2019
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