Una gota de sangre sobre la piedra sagrada.
¡Abre-Camino!
Y una gota de tinta sobre la mirada.
A drop of blood over the Sacred Stone
Opens the path!
And a drop of ink over the gaze...
Roberto Zurbano, Cuba, 2012
Inspired by storytelling traditions, Elegguá also known as Elegbá focuses on
Beninese and Afro-Cuban Yoruba trickster tales. These are presented in an
artist book with creative works by twelve visual artists and two writers. An artist book in a limited edition of fifty.
CONTRIBUTORS
VISUAL ARTISTS
Imna Arroyo, Puerto
Rico/USA
Yamilys Brito Jorge,
Cuba
Carlos Del Toro Orihuela,
Cuba
Aliosky García Sosa,
Cuba
Cynthia Guild,
USA
Amanda Lebel, USA
Isolina Limonta, Cuba
Paulina Márquez, Cuba
Julio César Peña Peralta, Cuba
Ángel Ramírez, Cuba
Alejandro Sainz, Cuba
Ramón Vargas Ártiz, Cuba
WRITERS
Raouf Mama, Benin/USA
Roberto Zurbano, Cuba
TRANSLATION
Yuneikys Villalonga
Humberto Figueroa
Bessie Reyna
Migdalia Salas
Eleggua is published by Estampas Ancestrales/ Ancestral Imprint, 2012 and the artwork has been printed at the Taller Experimental de la Gráfica de la Habana, Cuba and Ama-Bel Press Printmaking Studio, Willimantic, Connecticut.
Eleggua is published by Estampas Ancestrales/ Ancestral Imprint, 2012 and the artwork has been printed at the Taller Experimental de la Gráfica de la Habana, Cuba and Ama-Bel Press Printmaking Studio, Willimantic, Connecticut.
