The installation San Felipe is both an intimate and political portrait: a tribute to the artist’s grandfather, Felipe, who here becomes an almost mythical figure. Through eight black-and-white photographs, Yoel Díaz Vázquez explores the personal and collective memory of a generation that devoted its life to the revolutionary ideal in Cuba.

The framework is simple yet deeply symbolic: Felipe interacts with two objects suggested by the artist. One is solemn, charged with history and recognition—a diploma honoring him as “Best Worker.” The other is banal and everyday—a toilet plunger. Between the two arises a dialogue that permeates the work: the tension between the epic and the domestic, between public pride and the humility of daily life.

In these portraits, the grandfather appears upright and determined as he holds his diploma, embodying a dignity that transcends blindness and a body weakened by a work accident.