Restoring Havana’s neon

During the past three years, artist Kadir López has been painstakingly rescuing and restoring the city’s vintage signs one by one as part of his Habana Light Neon + Signs project. López grew up in Havana, whose streets were littered with rusted and burnt-out signs, but it wasn’t until 10 years ago that he became interested in using old signage in his art work – a journey that eventually led him to neon. The street was thronged with tourists and locals, and as they strolled under the neon signs fronting the city’s theatres, cinemas and cocktail bars, Havana never seemed to shine brighter.

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