Harmon Gallery, Victoria Blewer - Cuba a Visual Paradise

Cuba, A Visual Paradise August 29th – September 11th

Artist Victoria Blewer has spent a lot of time in Cuba recently. She describes it as an amazing time capsule. “The 1950’s cars are gorgeous,” she says. “And a point of pride for their owners.” Blewer has spent decades seeking precisely this sort of funky subject matter in America, and so Cuba, for her, is a visual paradise. “Though the cars are gas-guzzlers and some are held together by duct tape, they are a delight to photograph,” she says. Blewers’ pictures highlight the ornate world of stone porticos and statuary which adorn Havana’s older buildings; the iron and grillwork are also spectacularly detailed. She says that the people of Cuba were open and engaging and happy to be photographed. This show captures what Cuba is now, in 2015.