Portrait of a Shapeshifter, Grandfather Nene (Retrato de un Cagüeiro, Abuelo Nene), 2023
charcoal on paper
38 x 24 in
96.5 x 61 cm
ALM022
English Text Grandfather Nene said goodbye to this world at 94 years old, after a long life. But before his time had come, he had already said goodbye to two...
English Text Grandfather Nene said goodbye to this world at 94 years old, after a long life. But before his time had come, he had already said goodbye to two of his three children, his wife, and his siblings. He always looked at me with a mischievous smile as if he knew something that I didn’t. With my grandfather I crossed rivers and mountains, I traveled down dirt roads and through fields of sunflowers, I met the dew of dawn and heard the sound of the mountain in the moonlight.
Spanish Text Abuelo Nene se despidió de este mundo con 94 años, y si, vivió una larga vida. Pero antes de que llegara su momento ya había despedido a dos de sus tres hijos, a su esposa y a sus hermanos. Siempre me miraba con su sonrisa traviesa como si supiera algo que yo no sabía. Con mi abuelo crucé ríos y montañas, con mi abuelo recorrí caminos de tierras y campos de girasoles, con mi abuelo conocí el rocío del amanecer y el sonido del monte bajo la luz de la luna.