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Otherwise known as the bench of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and the statues of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, the artwork features sitting statues of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, major figures of the Cuban Revolution (1953–1959). The monument references the first time both met in 1955 in Tabacalera.
Korda was a popular fashion photographer who became a devoted revolutionary and close companion of Fidel Castro, taking thousands of shots of Castro's travels and Cuba's transformation. [35] [36] Cubans remained intent on reinforcing a Cuban identity rooted in its own culture, as exemplified by the work of Grupo Antillano. [37]
Documentary films about Fidel Castro (6 P) W. Works about Fidel Castro (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Fidel Castro"
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz [a] (/ ˈ k æ s t r oʊ / KASS-troh; [1] Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.
The following day on March 5, President Fidel Castro blamed the U.S. CIA and called for a memorial service and mass demonstration at Havana's Colón Cemetery, to honor the victims. [11] At the time, Guevara was Minister of Industry in the new government, and Korda was Castro's official photographer.
Guayasamín dedicated his life to painting, sculpting and collecting. He was an ardent supporter of the communist Cuban Revolution in general and Fidel Castro in particular. He was given a prize for "an entire life of work for peace" by UNESCO.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Art used Guevara's image to advertise their 2004 expose titled Global Village: The 1960s. [15] The Italian artist Luca Del Baldo has six paintings featuring the post-mortem face of Che Guevara. [39] In October 2007, the Frieze Art Fair unveiled a life size bronze statue by Christian Jankowski in London's Regent's ...
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