José Manuel Fors (b. 1956, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist who works with photography, objects and installation. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of Art in Havana from 1972 to 1976 and at the Institute of Museology from 1983 to 1986. Through his photographic work and objects, he has sought to rewrite the silenced, fragmented history of his generation in Cuba, reconstructing memories and the beauty he was able to save to build a metaphorical language of identity and social memory. Rooted in minimalism, his practice recycles and repurposes objects, so that fragments become autobiographical statements, and his dissatisfaction with traditional means of art opened the way to experimentation. His exhibitions include "Hojarasca" at the Fototeca de Cuba (1996), "Historias Circulares" at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana (2006) and "Pormenores" at the 11th Havana Biennial (2012).
