Tomás Esson: The GOAT

The first monograph on Afro-Cuban artist Tomás Esson.Tomás Esson: The GOAT features paintings created over thirty-five years that showcase the artist’s distinct style, energy, and biting humor. Esson is one of Cuba’s most important post-Revolutionary artists and his work remains timely today. In Esson’s work, suggestive narratives often involve highly sexualized, monstrous creatures alongside the heroes of the Cuban Revolution. Coming of age in a culturally dynamic Havana, Esson was a fierc...