Jaimanitas’s buildings, homes, bridges and bus stops have all become displays for Jose Fuster’s artistic vision
Jordane BERTRAND AFP
May 20, 2025 – KPVI
In 1994, Cuban artist Jose Fuster started plastering his home with colorful mosaic palms, animals and Picasso-esque figures. An oddity became a trend: today the entire town of Jaimanitas is a celebration of his ceramic art.
A thousand tourists a week, from as far afield as Europe, Russia and Mexico, visit the sleepy fishing spot transformed by Fuster into a theme park town with a fairy castle vibe — jokingly called “Fusterlandia” in a nod to its most famous resident.
West of the capital Havana, Jaimanitas’s buildings, homes, walls and bus stops have all become displays for the 79-year-old’s artistic vision.
Fuster is a creator of so-called ‘naive’ art, which entails an almost child-like use of basic shapes and bright colors
Fuster is a creator of so-called ‘naive’ art, which entails an almost child-like use of basic shapes and bright colors
