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(b. Havana, Cuba, 1963). Esson graduated from the San Alejandro Academy in Havana in 1982 and the Instituto Superior de Arte in 1987. In 1988, Esson exhibited in an exhibition entitled "A Tarro Partido II" that was censured and closed by authorities. His work focuses on sexual and scatological imagery which he carried to an extreme in the best "high" painting tradition. He applied for political asylum in the United States in 1991 and now lives in New York City. Moving to New York along with the pressures of the market are a major influence on his work.
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