Untitled, from the series Degradation, 2023
Fragments of exterior painting on wood
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 in)

Diana Fonseca's Degradaciones are pieces structured from layers of paint from different Havana facades. This random superposition of the already solid remains of old layers of paint generates an abstract visuality that, nevertheless, gathers the history of the city, personal and collective stories, more or less anonymous, now rearticulated in an autonomous work. The title itself already points to the idea of the series: degradation, degradation in a temporal and physical sense -of deterioration, fading, oblivion-, and also, of course, in a more symbolic dimension.