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Creative Townhouse

Buena Vista Art Club, Havana

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The home and studio of Cuban artist Damian Aquiles reflects the enchanting disintegration of Havana itself. Unprepossessing and tumbledown from the outside, inside it is a stage set of ruined beauty that appears to be in a perpetual state of part renovation and part dilapidation

  • A corridor on the ground floor of the villa is laid with old ceramic tiles and the walls serve as a gallery for a collection of contemporary art
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  • An unframed painting hangs on the distressed plaster wall of the entrance hall
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  • The walls of the living room feature panels of original 1940s wallpaper and the textile wall hanging found during the restoration of the house is of the same period
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  • The walls of the living room feature panels of original 1940s wallpaper and the textile wall hanging found during the restoration of the house is of the same period
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  • A 1940s wall hanging is displayed behind a retro sofa in the tiled living room
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  • The walls of the living room are panelled with original 1940s wallpaper
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  • One of Damian Aquiles metal cubes entitled "Missing Words" floats on a glass shelf in a corner of the room
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  • Other versions of Aquiles "Missing Words", this time suspended globes, hang in a corner
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  • Detail of a religious statue displayed on a plinth against a wall with a distressed paint finish
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  • One wall of this living room is covered in small metal cut outs of human figures, part of a series by Damian Aquiles called "Infinite Time, Infinite Colour and Infinite Memory"
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  • On the opposite wall of the living room is another Damian Aquiles piece from the series "Building my Silence" for which metal from paint cans has been stretched and nailed to wooden frames and assembled to form a mosaic
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  • The wall of the kitchen is an artwork in itself, the room lined with concrete shelving
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  • Another work by Damian Aquiles, this one entitled "Found Canvas", hangs on a wall of the master bedroom
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  • The spacious double-height bathroom features an original tiled floor, a theme throughout the house
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  • Artist Damian Aquiles at home in Havana
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  • The covered terrace reveals the condition of the house when Damian and Pamela acquired the property in 2008 and serves as another area to display one of Aquiles "Infinite" objects
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  • Another version of Aquiles "Infinite" graces an exterior wall of the villa
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  • An artwork by Damian Aquiles adorns a concrete wall enclosing this outdoor sitting area
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  • A metal cube entitled "Missing Words" is just one of a series created by artist Damian Aquiles
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  • One wall of this living room is covered in small metal cut outs of human figures, part of a series by Damian Aquiles called "Infinite Time, Infinite Colour and Infinite Memory"
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  • View from the living room where the walls are panelled with original 1940s wallpaper into the dining room
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  • The walls of the living room are covered in panels of 1940s wallpaper
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  • Another work by Damian Aquiles, this one entitled "Found Canvas", hangs on a wall of the master bedroom
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  • The covered terrace reveals the condition of the house when Damian and Pamela acquired the property in 2008 and serves as another area to display one of Aquiles "Infinite" objects
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  • A pair of wrought-iron chairs has been placed in a sunny spot in the garden
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  • Pamela and Damian Aquiles with their son Bastian Nicolas at the entrance to their Havana home
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  • A view of modern Havana
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  • A view of 'old' Havana behind the original city walls
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