YMF Contemporary & Fine Art


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Yubal Marquez Fleites


Yubal Marquez Fleites "Cuba Siempre."

About the Artist

This image was captured in the place that saw my Mother enter this world, the neighborhood she grew up in. Palma Soriano is a small humble vicinity in Cuba, a province about 40 minutes away from the more popular Santiago de Cuba located southeast of the island.

Coming out of the house she grew up in and after having a simple breakfast and the usual morning Cuban coffee, I was headed to visit my cousin at her home across the way. My family has been part of this community for a very long time, and in that street alone there is a multitude of lineage that still endures.

In the very instant the street was being crossed my eyes lifted up and gazed at the long horizon, a storm was coming.

Dressing the infinite distance it was a view that was hard to ignore, the sky was in shades of black, grey, white and blue, and at the very center of it all among the sea of clouds announcing the imminent squall, a ray of sunlight gazed through the gloom and illuminated the busy neighborhood street.

It was in that very instant when this moment was captured, a single shot. It was not planned, it was not thought of, it came with no preparation, it was just meant to be.

And there it stood in time and after a while it was rediscovered, causally gazing upon the images of this particular journey, I remembered this occasion and it was then when I started noticing for the first time everything that had transpired.

It all made sense, in a split second, the multiple elements that conform part of the essence of our roots and values where forever held.

Can you see them?

We will weather the storm, we will endure, we will maintain all that is true and makes us who we are, no matter where we come from. Your roots and values live within; they are a part of your nature, of your innate essence.

This is but a humble reminder of keeping all that we have lived present, to remember all of those who forged the way and paved the path to our existence. To honor our families and their lineage as they have fought with blood, sweat and tears to make our today a reality.

This is not one; this is each and every one of us! Together, being united in community and rising above any challenge.

Remember your past, live your present and create your future!

- Yubal Marquez Fleites

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