Ricardo Brey

Born in Havana, Cuba in 1955 .

Annex “After fulfilling my  commitment to finish the project UNIVERSE in 1004 drawings, the idea of a new project arose : ANNEX.  

After six years of work, during  which several times the new project seemed to come to a closure and reopened again, it has now become apparent  that it  is still running very actively.

It was a misjudgement to think that both projects had equal rules ; I intended to make ANNEX like UNIVERSE in which from the start everything was fixed, with a beginning and an end, a given number of works, and a specific form of presentation.  

Like every human being I try to repeat the happiness of one experience;  it was very important to me to realize that whereas I thought I had seen ANNEX as finished one day, I would find myself obliged to continue the project again the next month or year.

The story of hedgerow and pond. 1911. Cover, detail.

”Ben bliva ben och blod blir blod,

kött bliver åter kött.

Åter jag finner gammalt mod;

leva skall det som dött.”