Cuban art collector Ella Fontanals-Cisneros presented her new book Ella Soy Yo, an autobiographical novel in which she also talks about the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Within the framework of the inauguration of the Spanish contemporary art fair (ARCO), in Madrid, the Cuban presented her first book, after years of financing the arts and letters of other authors.
The patron, also based in the Spanish capital, offered a video statement, surrounded by her vast collection of more than 3,000 pieces of art.
Regarding his book, he pointed out that it is the result of intense memory work, because although it has touches of fiction, like every novel, in reality it is mainly an autobiographical work, where fiction is fused with real episodes of his life.
Specialized in contemporary Latin American art and design, and founder and president of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, she is an important figure in the international cultural sphere, with a collection that includes works by prominent artists such as Gego, Jesús Rafael Soto and Marina Abramovic, among others.
But in addition to appreciating art, in recent years the Cuban had wanted to create her own work, and therefore, when conceiving the core of what would become her novel, she immersed herself in an intense creative process that led her to finish it in just two months, during a stay in Mexico.
With a first-person narrative, the Cuban sought to faithfully capture her identity, taking readers into the depths, especially her years of youth, between 1960 and 1970, highlighting the challenges of public, business and political life of that period.
Spending his youth in Cuba, the novel reflects the life of that period, and acquires a critical sense of characters of the time, especially the dictator Fidel Castro, whose decisions profoundly affected the lives of all its citizens.
In this sense, the author reflects on her experiences in the political and business spheres, highlighting the difficulty of reconciling these areas, and regretting the lack of interest and support towards culture on the part of the government.
The Cuban, who had previously held talks with the Spanish government for the creation of a museum of Latin American art in Spain, regrets the difficulties for this and any project of this type due to that same lack of conciliation.
However, his participation in ARCO Madrid reaffirms his commitment to Latin American art, and to his own creative process.
At the beginning of the year, the magazine Forbes recognized the art expert as one of the most influential women in the world, highlighting her relevance as a patron and donor of works to European museums.
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