Mesoamerica 2019 - Third Cuba Pictures! Havana, Sculpture

I am up early. Wife is still sleeping so I am slogging through more posts of Havana pictures. This just goes to show you how incredible the experience in this city was. This post is on sculpture. There has been a lot of public sculpture done over the last 20 years and considering the amount of sculpture we look at I was really impressed.

A lot of the art in the city is the result of an ongoing competition according to LÍvan

Each year the winner's piece is put into the city

He told us who all these people are but of course I have forgotten

 I love the sense of motion

 There was all kinds of debate among the three of us as to what this is supposed to mean

BTW, Cuba ranks right up with Italy as top rank for naked women's breast displays in public art and pop culture

A poet? A singer?

Now the artist on this one really was making a statement

It is supposed to represent the victory of converting the indigenous people to Christianity

I think the two faces speak for themselves

Others

This lady is the symbol of Havana

Again LÍvan told us the story but I have forgotten most but I think it was a noble women whose husband went off and didn't return and she ended up running the city.

 Mercury

 This is dedicated to barbers from all over the world many of whom contributed to it

Statues of revolutionary figures are de rigeur 

Jose Marti

Found in virtually every square in Cuba

(the pigeon is optional)

 Not Jose Marti

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