Juan Carlos Alom
La mitad del mundo

La mitad del mundo

© 1996 Juan Carlos Alom

La mitad del mundo
La mitad del mundo
CultureCuban
Titles
  • La mitad del mundo
  • from the series El libro oscuro
  • The Middle of the World
  • from the series The Dark Book
Date1996
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.4 × 50.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.4 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, Gift of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker
Object number2024.238
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

In works such as The Middle of the World, Juan Carlos Alom suggested Afro-Cuban mythologies, but “I usually invented them,” he said, “because I didn’t want the work to be folkloric.”

 

En obras como La mitad del mundo, Juan Carlos Alom alude a las mitologías afrocubanas, no obstante, comenta: “Normalmente las inventaba, porque no quería que el trabajo fuera de carácter folclórico”.


ProvenanceMadeleine and Harvey Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois; given to MFAH, 2024.

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