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Cuba: Fusterlandia (A Neighborhood Transformed by Art)

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An old gate is painted with green and red images of a cowboy and woman in the style of Picasso.
Mosaic artist Jose Fuster painted the gate in front of his home in Jaimanitas, about a 30-minute drive southwest of Havana.
Across the street from Fuster's home are residential buildings covered in mosaics.
Fuster transformed his neighborhood by adorning about 80 homes with his mosaics. Above, a view of the street in front of Fuster’s home.
A view looking down at colorful mosiacs on the grounds of Fuster's studio home.
The view of the front yard from Fuster’s studio/home. His style is often compared to Picasso’s.
Two men sit outside a home covered in mosaics, while a woman stands behind a wrought iron gate.
Residents seem used to their colorful neighborhood and the tourists it attracts.
A close up of a house covered in mosaics which features a large white bird over an entrance gate with the words "Princesa Diana."
Tourists arrive by bus and taxi.
A sculpture of a woman with her arms in the air covered in black and blue mosaics.
Fuster spent 10 years transforming his neighborhood and the work continues today.
A woman stands in front a giant red heart made out of mosaics, while a man climbs up stairs of mosaics behind her.
Visitors are free to roam around Fuster’s yard and get up close to the artwork.
The bottom of a swimming pool features a woman's face in the style of Picasso.
Even the swimming pool at Fuster’s home is covered with his art.
A statue of a man with flower pedals coming out of his head is covered in red, black, green and yellow mosaics.
Fuster spent time in Europe working on his art before taking his creative ambitions back to his homeland of Cuba.
Overlapping mosaic statues includes a large red box with a yellow face on it.
In 1975 he purchased an unassuming wood house in Jaimanitas. This is the front yard of the house today.
A closeup of a large red box with a yellow face on it.
Mosaic statue of a face with a yellow hat.
A man and a woman pose outside the gates of Fuster's home which is covered in mosaic images.
A wooden sculpture of a narrow face in the style of Picasso with Fuster's signature.
There is no charge to visit Fuster’s home and studio but you can buy sculptures, like this one, to take home.