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Hall of Honor, headquarters of the Legislature of Buenos Aires- Perú 160, Buenos Aires, Argentina
According to CADAL (Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de América Latina), sponsor of this edition, the exhibition on contemporary Cuban graphic humor "A punta de lápiz" "is a space for the expression of a people who found in art a voice of freedom and resistance. They are artistic pieces that, in addition, are testimony and a social and political critique that seeks to fight for the democratization of expression.
“It is not by chance that humor is one of the channels for that expression, since historically it has been a voice to challenge oppression. But humor is also an expression of humanity, because in the midst of repression and fear it becomes a light in the dark, a reminder that the spirit cannot be completely controlled. Humor is liberating in every context.
“This is a sample about Cuba, but it is not alien to anyone. This year in Argentina we celebrate 40 years of democracy and this exhibition also talks about that, because it is a reflection on freedom, democracy and its fragility”.
The opening panel featured:
How do the exhibited works connect with the everyday life of Cuba and the experiences of its people? Mary Esther Lemus tells us: “I feel that my drawings can connect because they come from a personal and free experience; what I show is a little bit of my individual freedom when creating (…) and I think that is felt. When I was drawing for Xel2, the first thing I did was to (see) what that topic meant to me (…) it wasn’t a foreign topic (…) in which I didn’t feel involved.”
