THE LIGHT IN CUBAN EYES
The Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection
of Contemporary Cuban Photography
Reinaldo Echemendía Cid
2013, A/P gelatin silver print 10 x 14 1/4”
2015, unique gelatin silver print 20 x 14’’
2015, unique gelatin silver print 3 1/2 x 4 3/4”
2015, 1/10 from the series Durmientes gelatin silver print 16 x 20 3/8”
2014-2015, unique from the series Feromonas gelatin silver print washed in pig’s blood 16 x 16”
2014-2015, unique from the series Feromonas gelatin silver print washed in pig’s blood 19 x 19”
2017, 2/5 gelatin silver print 7 x 10 3/4”
2017, 2/5 gelatin silver print 7 x 3 1/2”
2017, 2/5 gelatin silver print 7 x 10 3/4”
Artist Statement
I am interested in proposing a point of contact between two parallel zones of racial discourse—the black person as object of desire and the black person assumed to be a work engine. The images point to the subtle relationships that emerge between sexual power and brute force.