About 90 pieces are also on display in the Eliseo Osorio Gallery and the
Cecilio Lambert House of Culture, in the municipality of Baracoa, the
first Cuban village founded by the Spanish during the colonization period.

This project, which includes Dominguez’s creations during the last ten
years on topics such as family and nature, was inaugurated early this
month, on the occasion of the 141st anniversary of the appointment of
Guantanamo city as Village, on December 4, 1870.

The exhibit is rich in aesthetic value and diversity of shapes, and in the
use of techniques like painting, sculpture, pottery, and in many others.

His work shows some influence from classic masters as Wilfredo Lam and
Pablo Picasso and at the same time it highlights his authenticity and
personal style cleverly combining arts and usefulness in a way that
ordinary objects gain in artistic aesthetics.

It is an explosion of creativity that invites in a heterogeneous crowd of
adults and youths, whether connoisseurs in plastic arts or not.

During the inauguration, Dominguez explained that the exhibit is called
“Self-portrait”, though its pieces are nameless so that the public can
spread the wings of their imagination to understand its meaning.

He expressed his satisfaction for being able to share his work with
contemporary peers and colleagues like creator Angel Laborde, and noted on
his interest to get to know more the work of this artist graduated in the
first promotion of the National Art School. He also said he was eager to
exchange experiences and views with students and young professionals of
arts, many of whom have been his apprentices.

“Self-portrait” was first exhibited at the Pabellon Cuba exhibition hall,
in Havana, last April and then it traveled to Santiago de Cuba province,
which turns Dominguez into the first artist to fill these large spaces
with his work.

At the moment, Guantanamo province has become a third stage for his
pieces, scattered in important places in the territory. The exhibit will
be open for the public until the end of January, 2012.

This artist, born in Baire, in Santiago de Cuba , affirmed that taking his
wok to the eastern region of the country is a moral commitment for him as
he was born there.

Dominguez announced that soon the exhibit will be displayed in Holguin and
commented on his intention to take it throughout Cuba .

He expressed his gratitude with all the people involved in the project
from the beginning of the creation process for their interest in assuring
safe transportation and assembling of the more than 150 pieces for the
amusement of the public.