Hello, I'm Yvonne Nuno:

The artist I observed is named Esterio Segura Mora.  Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba in 1970, Esterio is one of the most controversial artists of his generation.   He was educated in the arts, and  from 1989 to 1994, began instruction himself at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. New York, Berlin, London, Havana and now California’s very own Museum of Latin American Art, have had the pleasure of presenting his meaningful art in solo exhibitions.  His artwork can be found in museum collections throughout various American states as well as cuba.

                For our observation assignment, I chose Esterio Segura’s “Pinocho y Napoleon cuentan  la historia.” [Pinocchio and Napoleon tell the story] (2006). Through this series, Esterio means to express his political, historical and ideological themes that inspired him by growing up in his country during a time of diverse situations.

The first piece I chose is called Napoeon y Pinocho Cuentan la historia. It is acrylic and white pencil on black paper, and it depicts Pinocchio, at the very bottom left corner, standing on books (of Cuban history and heroes). He is holding his hands behind his back and his nose has grown so long that it reaches the top right corner. At the very end, Pinocchio’s nose turns into an airplane. 

A second image I observed of that collection is called Tierra Fantasma, meaning phantom land.  This is also acrylic and white pencil on black paper.  It depicts Pinocchio “trotting” as Esterio describes, with his head held high and his nose has begun to enlarge. The end of it is far away from his face now, but by the looks of his face, Pinocchio seems not to mind at all.