Renaissance Writings #1, #2, 2021
Series: Renaissance Writings
Photogram
32.5 x 40.5 cm [ 12.7 x 15.9 in]
Renaissance Writings #3 , 2021
Series: Renaissance Writings
Photogram
29 x 36 cm [ 11.4 x 14.1 in ]
Renaissance Writings #4, 2021
Series: Renaissance Writings
Photogram
32.5 x 40.5 cm [12.7 x 15.9 in]
Renaissance Writings #5, 2021
Series: Renaissance Writings
Photogram
In photograms 1, 2 and 3, extracts from Miguel Barnet's book Biografía de un Cimarrón, which tells the story of Esteban Montejo, a former enslaved man from Cuba who lived in isolation in the mountains for thirty years after escaping from slavery, confront the images of books and documents found in Renaissance paintings exhibited at the Galleria Uffizi in Florence, Italy.
Photogram 4 is made only by collaging images of books and documents taken from Renaissance paintings in the Uffizi.