Celebrating the Egg

Burlesco Trio, 1994
(Terceto burlesco)
© José Antonio Pantoja Hernández
From Deterioration of nostalgia

Sarcastic painting depicting the midnight, candle lit madness of three drunkards celebrating the presence of an egg, which for many Cubans was the only source of nutrition during times of famine.
From Pantoja website

Pantoja started painting to protest the cuban government. He painted a series to represent the dire situation of the people in Cuba. He chose to paint surrealistically because "speaking out loud would put you in jail in 1994".

"It's ironic that Fidel Castro made me create my art".
"Freedom is most important in my work".

José Antonio Pantoja Hernández

From Freedom from Oppression