El despertamiento (The awakening) | Dairán Fernández de la Fuente + Luis Rodríguez NOA Dairan Fernández de la Fuente: Family history has long been an inspiration to painter and printmaker Dairan Fernandez. His rich woodcut prints are nostalgic reflections of the industrial life shared by his parents and extended family. Central to his works are factories, trucks, cars and planes. Movement is essential, for his is a family of immigrants from Spain who now have mostly left Cuba for other parts of the world.

Luis Rodríguez (NOA): Luis Rodríguez NOA was born June 14,1970 in Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba. A serious student as a child, he left home at the age of 14 to attend the National Art School in Havana from which he graduated in 1989. Using irony and humor through his creation of comic characters and symbols, NOA depicts the lives of nosy neighbors and curious strangers amid the busy everyday life in Central Havana.