A New Exhibition at the Image Factory

Yasser Musa

The Image Factory and Art Foundation opened its Ka`añaar Graphic Art Exhibition on Wednesday. The showcase displays the graphic art work of Belizean and Cuban artist Falco and Lito. Yasser Musa of the Image Factory and Art Foundation tells us more about the collaboration and pieces in the exhibition.

Yasser Musa, Director, Image Factory & Art Foundation

“I think the best way to begin is with the name of the exhibition. Ka`añaar. Ka is a Yucatec Maya word that means two; añaar is an African Wolof word that means two and the exhibit involves two artists; Falco from Cuba and Lito from Belize. Our two brothers have collaborated on a graphic art exhibition as you’ve seen inside. This has been long in the planning, and this a great moment not just for the Image Factory and Belize, but for our collaboration and solidarity with our sisters and brothers of Cuba. I would say and characterize it as very thought provoking, conscious building. The artists designed works that are very simplistic, when you look at them, however, when you contemplate, reflect and think about what you’re seeing, a lot of deep ideas come forward; ideas about what we’re doing to the planet; ideas about how nations oppress each other; ideas about gender inequality; ideas about society, about war, about peace. So it’s really a present tense art show almost in sync with what happens in the media. It is like the news in art.”

The exhibition runs from the twenty-sixth to the twenty-ninth of June in spaces across the country.