Esculturas callejeras – Sculptures in Public Places (español/English)

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Rejuvenating an article from 2022…

Mientras paseaba por las calles de Miami Beach me encontré con una escultura muy interesante y me detuve a echarle un vistazo. Fue esculpida por un artista cubano llamado Carlos Luna y demuestra la lucha y el sufrimiento del pueblo cubano desde la imposición en Cuba del Castro-comunismo.

Me llamo la atención definitivamente. La foto anterior demuestra el frente de la escultura y esta otra la parte de atrás.

Me alegré mucho de ver esculturas así en Miami Beach ya que durante la época mía, cuando viví aquí, lo único que se veía por las calles era arte de la peor categoría. Ahora, veréis (mirad mas abajo) lo que si siempre me ha gustado de Miami Beach.

As I was walking along the streets of Miami Beach, I saw that around the area of the Bass Museum there was an interesting statue and I stopped for a closer look. It was done by a Cuban artist named Carlos Luna and depicts the plight of the Cuban people after the imposition of communism on the island.

I found it to be an interesting sculpture with meaning. The front of the statue is the picture above and the back is represented in the second picture.

It was rather refreshing and interesting to find something of art reflected in these programmes that the City of Miami Beach is engaged with. In prior years, the years I lived in Miami Beach, I never saw anything that I could ascribe any real artistic value to.

But there is one thing I can ascribe value to here in Miami Beach is this: