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Juan Carlos Alom, República de Cuba, 2012

Juan Carlos Alom

República de Cuba, 2012
Silver Gelatin Print
20 x 20 inches
50.8 x 50.8 cm
Edition P/A of 5 +2 P/A
The Dominguez Family Collection
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Juan Carlos Alom's "República de Cuba" scrutinizes the commodification of national identity amid economic precarity, capturing in stark monochrome a calloused, grime-encrusted hand proffering a modest stack of Cuban coins—emblems of state sovereignty etched with revolutionary icons—that evoke the devalued currency of aspirations deferred, where the palm's weathered topography mirrors the archipelago's eroded promises of equity and abundance. Through this intimate framing, the photograph disrupts the grandeur of republican symbolism, transforming monetary tokens into talismans of subsistence, interrogating the dialectic between ideological mintage and the corporeal toll of scarcity, as if the hand itself negotiates the fragile exchange rate of history's weight. Extending conceptually to motifs of haptic memory, the work posits the grasp as a site of quiet resistance, where tactile possession confronts systemic dispossession, compelling a reflection on the republic's fractured ledger in an era of perpetual austerity.]
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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

Juan Carlos Alom Studio 

Exhibitions

"La imagen sin límites. Exposición antológica de fotografía cubana," Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba (Edificio de Arte Cubano), Havana, Cuba, September 21, 2018–November 26, 2018


"Special Period / Período Especial," El Apartamento, Madrid, Spain, June 8–August 28, 2023


"MIRA ART FAIR 2024," El Apartamento (presentation), Lisbon, Portugal, April 2024


"Juan Carlos Alom: Entre los Elementos/Between the Elements," Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum (Florida International University), Miami, Florida, United States, June 15–November 10, 2024

Publications

"La imagen sin límites. Exposición antológica de fotografía cubana (exhibition catalogue),” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba, Havana, Cuba, 2018


"Estudios críticos sobre fotografía cubana," Rafael Acosta de Arriba, In-Cubadora (PDF edition hosted online), 2022


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