Leo D' Lazaro:
Archaeologist of the Present

His creations capture and invite all viewers to reflection. One of those contemporary alchemists who transform paintings, installations, photos and sculptures into visible poetry, Leo D' Lazaro seems to leave a piece of his skin in each of them. That seems to be precisely the aim of this artist, born in Havana in 1965, who expresses his experiences, hopes and instincts from deep inside, as true tattoos of the soul.

This entire enigmatic universe becomes real in his studio El Ojo del Ciclon (The Eye of the Hurricane) on O'Reilly Street in Old Havana, where avid spectators find mundane myths turned into genuine artistic pieces.

We can also find some of his art as we walk around the city. For example, the three structures near the train station. In ferro concrete 4 metres wide and 9 high, Sin embargo, La espera Ana exude, like the rest of his creations, the air of the old city that has inspired him from his beginnings.

"I am a fervent admirer of the restoration of the historic centre, a place I enjoy daily from the open doors of my space, creating with the social environment and the spirit of the restoration as memory revival. In that sense, I reflect on the way the stone makes itself felt victoriously in the city, covering everything as a permanent and mutant mirror of epochs, sunken or vertical in the old urban layer...