PEDRO PABLO OLIVA (Cuba, 1949)."Cada uno carga con sus penas", 1997.Watercolour, encre and collage on paper.Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Titled in the lower area.Size: 107 x 332 cm; 112 x 78,5 cm (frame).Since 1974, Oliva's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and internationally. His works can be seen at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana and in collections in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany and the United States. In 1998 Oliva founded and financed the Pedro Pablo Oliva Studio in Pinar del Río, with the aim of promoting the art, literature and culture of his native province. He has been officially recognised by several institutions in Cuba. Oliva belongs to the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), the National Council and the International Association of Plastic Arts (AIAP). In 2011 he was dismissed by the Cuban government as a delegate to the National Assembly of People's Power in the province of Pinar del Río. The dismissal was motivated by Oliva's publication of a letter critical of Cuba on the blog of cyber-activist Yoani Sánchez, and by statements he made to journalist Edmundo García on his programme La Tarde Se Mueve on a Miami television station.PEDRO PABLO OLIVA (Cuba, 1949)."Cada uno carga con sus penas", 1997.Mixed media.Signed and dated in the lower right corner, titled in the lower area.Size: 107 x 332 cm; 112 x 78,5 cm (frame).Since 1974, Oliva's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and internationally. His works can be seen at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana and in collections in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany and the United States. In 1998 Oliva founded and financed the Pedro Pablo Oliva Studio in Pinar del Río, with the aim of promoting the art, literature and culture of his native province. He has been officially recognised by several institutions in Cuba. Oliva belongs to the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), the National Council and the International Association of Plastic Arts (AIAP). In 2011 he was dismissed by the Cuban government as a delegate to the National Assembly of People's Power in the province of Pinar del Río. The dismissal was motivated by Oliva's publication of a letter critical of Cuba on the blog of cyber-activist Yoani Sánchez, and by statements he made to journalist Edmundo García on his programme La Tarde Se Mueve on a Miami television station.Dimensions: 107 x 332 cm; 112 x 78.5 cm (frame).