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As We Wait in Joyful Hope (Asi esperamos con alegre esperanza)
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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As We Wait in Joyful Hope (Asi esperamos con alegre esperanza)

Artist/Maker (United States (born Cuba), b. 1947)
Date1993
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsOverall (Stretched): 48 1/4 x 60 x 1 1/8 in. (122.6 x 152.4 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of José Martinez-Cañas
Terms
    Object number95.0002.03
    DescriptionEmilio Falero’s "As We Wait in Joyful Hope" is an allegory of world domination and the historical transience of political power. A lush Cuban landscape stretches eternally beyond a crumbling column encroached upon by a vine and flower, on top of which sits Napoleon’s tri-corner hat and boots. The artist implies that nature, enduring, will never succumb to man, no matter how enormous and mighty the human aggression, nor can corruption survive. While Napoleon was never a part of the political history of Cuba, for Falero he symbolizes and represents the inevitable end of oppression and oppressor. Given Cuba’s recent political history, the painting also operates on another more literal level of interpretation, expresssed through the title, which comes from a prayer said during Catholic mass.
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