Three pools of differing sizes (one with diving boards), stand emptey of water. Instead, targets in the shape of human figures are positioned ready to be shot.

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Complejo Marti

Artist Los Carpinteros (Reside in Cuba)

Artist Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez (Cuban, born 1969)

Artist Marco Castillo Valdéz (b. 1971, resides in Cuba)

Date2007

Place of originCuba

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions8 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 13 ft. 9 3/8 in. (250.2 x 420.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Art Acquisition Endowment and friends of the Harn Museum

Object number2008.22

Collections

CONTEMPORARY

Visual DescriptionThree pools of differing sizes (one with diving boards), stand emptey of water. Instead, targets in the shape of human figures are positioned ready to be shot.

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