Series: «Afro-American», Acrylic on amate paper, 170 × 120 cm (66.93 × 47.24 in), 2022 | link | link $
$ 18,000 USD.
Water on the head...
Series: «Afro-American», Acrylic on amate paper, 170 × 120 cm (66.93 × 47.24 in), 2022...
$ 18000 USD...
In Haiti, the aguateras are the water sellers, since that country lacks running water. I visited Haiti in 2001, invited by the Argentine ambassador of Haiti Fernando Novillo Saravia and his nice wife Tuti. They learned about my research on the Haitians in the Haitian diaspora of Miami (through the Argentine consulate) and they invited me to spend a couple of weeks at the residence of the Argentine embassy in Haiti, to get to know this wonderful brave and hard-working people up close. I loved its magic, its art, the creativity of a people that unfairly suffers from all the deprivations, its women, beautiful tall, thin and elegant walk, accustomed since they were children to carrying everything on their heads, it was like entering an anthill where the industrious little ants go. from one place to another with his load on his head exchanging or selling his products. I keep in my retina the images that moved me so much.List of works: