Princess Havana (Princesa de la Habana)
Artist/Maker
Pablo Cano
United States (born Cuba), b. 1961
Date1999
CultureCuban
Mediumsteel, aluminum, paint, glass, pottery, plastic, bottle caps and cigarette foil
DimensionsOverall: 72 x 52 in. (182.9 x 132.1 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of the Artist and Margarita Cano in memory of Rafael Fernandez
Terms
Object number2000.011
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DescriptionPrincess Havana, a life-sized rod puppet, was commissioned from the artist in 1999 by the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami as part of a marionette performance. The performance, "Once Upon an Island," was written by Hervin Romney, with an introduction by the artist's mother, Margarita Cano. The production was a highly political satire about the cities of Miami and Havana. In the artist's imagination, the two cities became lovers: Prince Miami and Princess Havana. For Cano, who was born in Cuba but raised in Miami from the age of two, the rod puppet Princess Havana "symbolized everything that is Cuban in me."- Art of North America
