Wall 8

Edition Notes: This image is available in two editions, each having different dimensions.

 Edition #1: Print dimensions are 22.5 x 24” (50.8 x 53.1 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints numbered 1 & 2 are $500.

Edition #2: Print dimensions are 16.9 x 18” (50.8 x 53.1 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints numbered 1 & 2 are $325.

About: Guanabo Beach is 15 to 20 miles east of Havana; it’s a lovely wide white sand beach and must have been popular before the Revolution. The road just ended at the edge of the beach. As I was taking it in, I saw a large abandoned pre-revolution pink building in a grove of palms at the edge of the beach 60 or so meters from the road. It must have been a large bar-restaurant, dance hall, and as I walked around, this interior wall was visible from outside; I was intrigued because this painting seemed so intentional and yet there was no surviving pictorial element. Now that I think about it, based on the painting’s two primary colors, blue and yellow, it was probably a simple trompe l’oeil of sand and sea in a squarish ‘frame’ painted on what was once a rose pink wall. The image was made on 35mm film.