
Granma mosaic
Castro and the revolutionaries on the Granma. This one is my favorite propaganda. They look like they're going on vacation with the heart and the guy in the back playing the guitar. So happy!
Castro and the revolutionaries on the Granma. This one is my favorite propaganda. They look like they're going on vacation with the heart and the guy in the back playing the guitar. So happy!
castro cuba fusterlandia granma havana heart jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic propaganda street tile
A couple of Cuba propaganda tile mosaics.
cuba fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic propaganda tile
We took some pictures of some of the cooler tile mosaics on the street as we were shopping and walking to the bus.
artist cuba havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic mural street tile
This is the street outside of Fusterlandia proper. You can see the facades are tiled all the way down the street.
artist car classic cuba fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic shops street tile
Nothing was just tiles with just one color or plain. Just about everything deserved a close look because it had a design.
colorful cuba fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic palm trees tile
I can't imagine tiling so much stuff! I tried to mosaic tile a bird bath one time and it was too much work for me!
chicken colorful cuba fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic neighborhood tile
You can see how big it is from the thrid floor and there's still more behind us and low along the street beyond that can't be seen!
colorful cuba fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic neighborhood tile
Flower lady!
cuba flower fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic tile
You can also see the eyes in the building behind her.
artist cuba fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mermaid mosaic neighborhood tile
The view from the second floor overlooking the neighborhood.
artist cuba fusterlandia jose fuster mermaid mosaic neighborhood tile
If you didn't want to buy anything but still wanted to contribute to the neighborjood, You could give to the fisherman here.
contribution cuba fisherman fusterlandia jose fuster mosaic tile
Just in Fuster's area there were 3 floors and every bit was tiled with mosaics!
Thee was even a pool!
baptism cuba fusterlandia havana jose fuster mermaid mosaic pool tile
There was so much to look at. We definitely didn't have enough time there.
cuba flower fusterlandia hand havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic tile tile mosaic
They said his major influence, if you couldn't tell, is Gaudi. He has also been likened to Picasso.
In English it says, "It runs the neighborhood in to a miracle."
cuba fusterlandia jaimanitas jose fuster milagro mosaic tile
The arch says "The Triumph."
arch cuba el triunfo fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster mosaic tile
Cuban artist Cuban artist José Fuster moved in to a house in Jaimanitas. He decorated his studio in colorful mosaic tiles. When he was finished, he asked his neighbors if he could decorate their houses and businesses. His art has turned Jaimanitas from an economically depressed area to, now, a place where tourists are regularly bussed.
chicken community cuba fence fish fusterlandia havana jaimanitas jose fuster project tile