COLLECTION SEARCH RESULTS

Unbroken Ties, as the title suggests, is an exhibition that focuses on the survival and perpetuity of Cuban values and the Cuban character beyond the island. The thesis is put forward by way of pointed comparisons and contrasts. Structurally, the exhibition emulates a Greek tragedy in three acts. The somber first act under the heading “Paradise Lost,” takes us to Cuba, the former tropical heaven that today lies in ruins; the harrowing second act, “Risking Life and Limb,” is set in the Florida Straits, a treacherous path to ideological freedom and improved economic opportunities; and the hopeful but also nostalgic final act, “Unbroken Ties: A New Reality,” unfolds on foreign soil, the United States, where not all sidewalks have been paved with gold.