# Exhibition of Cuban painter recreates 1950s graphics as tribute to Havana neighborhood

**Date:** 12/19/2021

Cuban painter Douglas Pérez inaugurated last Thursday, December 16, an exhibition, as part of the second curatorial experience of the 14th edition of the Havana Biennial, with a work that draws on 1950s graphics to pay tribute to the Havana neighborhood of Vedado and its evolution toward the future.

Futurama is the title of the exhibition which, according to its author, makes reference to an American animated series of the same name, produced by cartoonist Matt Groening and with its first broadcast in 1999.

The pieces are based on the imagery of this first half of the twentieth century to capture Havana and are part of a series called Vedado, which implicitly carries as a project several exhibitions, among which Futurama is located.

In the museum tour, a piece titled Previsora appears as the first figure, which constitutes a kind of model of a typical house from those years and displays that presence of innovations in terms of construction.

According to him, this work is very much in his nature and its central axis revolves around architecture to pay homage to that area, where there are interesting urban elements that, however, sometimes go unnoticed by those who pass through daily.

The exhibition, which will open after more than a year without public presence, at Galería Máxima, comprises around 76 works and employs the technique of paper and tempera, precisely the material used by illustrators during that colorful and commercial American period.

With the curatorship of the center's director, Yaiset Ramírez, these productions constitute a symbol of elegance and comfort, offering the viewer a journey in time to one of the most frequented places by those who visit Cuba's capital and provides a well-deserved tribute to its creators.

According to specialists, Futurama highlights the prevalence of harmony and dialogue of the pieces that portray "the day-to-day life of Cubans in perfect dialogue with the here, the now and the past; removed from a static representation like an untouchable display case."