Anayeli Tepos, Museum of Latin America, Long Goodybye by Esterio Segura

Hello, I was able to attend Museum of Latin American on November 30 and observe several pieces by Esterio Segura. This is Esterio Segura's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. His work is infused with controversial satire, reflecting his view of Cuba's history and identity.  He studied at the prestigious Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) of cuba where he later taught professionally.

The title of his piece of work that caught my attention is titled,  Goodbye My Love.  This is a plane shaped in a heart made out of fiberglass painted red. It's grand in size and placed next to other similar work with the symbol of the hear-shaped plane.   The piece was hanging above me and next to another piece  titled, Long Goodbye.
The medium is watercolor and pencil on paper. It's the exact replica of the heart-shaped plane but it's on paper instead of a 3-dimensional model. Although it's on paper, the plane still looks 3-dimensional because the way the artist manipulates the value of red. He still gives it a sense of flying. Although no black or white is being used, I can tell that there is a source of light hitting the plane form the top right corner. 

The plane  is leaving a trail of words. The words are just expression how painful it is to say goodbye and questioning where did she/he go.

 The reason these pieces of art caught my attention is because what they symbolize for is loss. To the artist, Goodbye my Love is a "metaphor  for being uprooted and experiencing moments of rupture, loss and release". We have all experienced "loss, rupture and release" in our lives. But the artist takes something simple- a heart. A heart that has been exploited by the media. But, Esterio Segura has taken it and turned it into something meaningful, which represents much more than just love. It represents the loss of his love leaving and the emptiness that is left behind. The words left behind from the plane symbolizes what the loss of a love leaves. His words just say that the plane took everything with him/her. It reflects love and the feelings created when people are separate from each other.

Most of Esterio Segura's painted fiberglass planes have been exhibited in public spaces such as passageways and airports. I find it kind of ironic that these would be exhibited in airports because of what they symbolize- the emptiness of a  goodbye.

 His exhibition is from November 22, 2014- February 15, 2015.