Alfredo Sarabia
Untitled

ArtistCuban, 1951–1992
CultureCuban
Titles
  • Untitled
Date1989–1992, printed 1989–1992
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 9/16 × 8 7/8 in. (14.2 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2023.291
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Rather than addressing the Stalinist turn of Cuban socialism or the role of state-sanctioned photography, some photographers turned away from politics and the public sphere altogether, choosing instead to focus on subjects closer to home. In his final years, Alfredo Sarabia photographed his own family, a subject both more specific to his life experience and more broadly universal. Years later, his son Alfredo, seen here, would photograph his own sons playing in this same 1972 Volkswagen Beetle.

 

En lugar de comentar el giro estalinista del socialismo cubano o alinearse con el rol asignado por el estado, algunos fotógrafos se distanciaron por completo de la política y la esfera pública, optando por enfocarse en temas más íntimos y domésticos. En sus últimos años, Alfredo Sarabia fotografió a su propia familia, un asunto tanto específico de su experiencia vital como universal. Años después, su hijo Alfredo, quien aparece en la imagen, capturaría imágenes de sus propios hijos jugando en el mismo Volkswagen Beetle de 1972.


ProvenanceThe artist, Havana, d. 1992; Alfredo Sarabia, Jr., Havana; [Artes de Cuba Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
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