KCHO (Alexis Leyva Machado)

(Nueva Gerona 1970)
Sin título, 2001 (Like a swing set)
Signed and numbered 3/7 on the top side
Bronze, H. 105 cm
Provenance:
- Auction Casa de Subastas Odalys, Madrid, 17 February 2008, lot 102
- Private collection, the Netherlands
Exhibited:
Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Ahora Iberamerica, 20 September - 5 November 2001
Note:
Including a custom-made shipping crate.

Around the year 2000, there was an increase of Cuban refugees fleeing to Florida, due to Fidel Castro clenching his iron fists in contrast to ally Russia opening up more to the world. The people with family in America, scared of never being able to see their loved ones again, made the 'swing of faith' on rafts made of tires and sticks, and sailed to the American peninsula.