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Larger Than Life
By: Heidy González Cabrera | Photos: Tito Meriño
Not only tourists sit beside John Lennon on a park bench in Havana's Vedado section to enjoy the sun (and often the moon) in this Caribbean country. Lennon continues popular here and the people of Havana are grateful to the scultor who created this life-size statue that has become a rather must-see tourist attraction.
Artist José Villa Soberón did not begin with life-sized works of art, but increased the size of his pieces over time. The reaction to the Lennon statue is similar to that to Old Havana's Caballero de Paris(Gentleman from Paris - as well known street person in Havana in the 1950-60's), when passers-by look around to be certain no one saw them say "hi" to it or stroke "his" hand for good luck.
Among the otjer life-sized and lifelike statues created by this artist is that of Benny Moré in Cienfuegos
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Not only tourists sit beside John Lennon on a park bench in Havana's Vedado section to enjoy the sun (and often the moon) in this Caribbean country. Lennon continues popular here and the people of Havana are grateful to the scultor who created this life-size statue that has become a rather must-see tourist attraction.
reaction to the Lennon statue is similar to that to Old Havana's Caballero de Paris(Gentleman from Paris - as well known street person in Havana in the 1950-60's), when passers-by look around to be certain no one saw them say "hi" to it or stroke "his" hand for good luck.
