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WEAR AND TEAR (2008-2012)<\/div>\n
Yomer Montejo, Cuba<\/div>\n

I work with X-ray film to generate commentary that might transcend the mere technical aspects of the procedure. With the creation of situations and sets, an inner narrative is constructed that allows me to consider human feelings freed of their context \u2015the potentials and defects of the existential condition\u2015, permitting me to deal with these subjects ironically, without resorting to artifice.<\/p>\n

My photographic practice has been influenced by a definite interest in artistry that transcends photography\u2019s use as a record or document of reality. Formal manipulation and craft techniques allude to a game of representations in which I examine my models through actual X-ray plates, dealing with clinical discourse as a form of art.<\/p>\n

Yomer Montejo<\/p>\n

YOMER MONTEJO<\/div>\n
(b. 1983) Camag\u00fcey, Cuba \/ Havana, Cuba<\/div>\n

A graduate of an arts and crafts school in Cuba, Yomer Montejo responded to a demand for public health workers and studied a medical specialization in 2007. He chose imageology, finding in it a material and formal support for his artistic experimentation. His first works were X-ray negatives projected onto light boxes. Starting from specific situations and settings, the artist constructs an internal narrative in order to reflect on the feelings, virtues, and defects of being. In 2010 Montejo received honorable mentions at the Sal\u00f3n de Arte Digital and at the 6th edition of the Sal\u00f3n Panorama 42. He was a finalist at the Sal\u00f3n de Arte Er\u00f3tico 2008 in Havana. He is a member of the Asociaci\u00f3n Hermanos Sa\u00edz, an independent organization that promotes artistic, literary, and cultural projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-proyecto-en.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}