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Joel Besmar<br> Ven y Mira </br> (<i>Come and See</i>), 2011<br> oil on canvas</br> 78 ¾ x 59 inches
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This painting is illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Ten, Page 121
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The towering cross composed of books in this rendition is inspired by the fifth chapter of the Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse of St. John. This final book of the New Testament of the Bible delivers a divine message, using codes, images and numbers. It is a symbolic and allegorical representation of a sealed book with seven wax signets that hold hidden meanings and predictions of historical future events.
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The four books in the upper center of the composition – with their pages facing the viewer – allude to transcendental attributes of God, such as, faith, unity, beauty and goodness. The other seven blocks of books, with their book spines all in Latin, symbolize all mankind, with its virtues and sins –and moreover – it is a thought-provoking compendium of the struggle between the righteous and the immoral.
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As in the Book of Revelation, the title of the painting, Come and See, invites the viewer to take a closer look, engage, and try (or dare!) to unravel this mystical experience, supposedly beyond all human understanding.

Joel Besmar
Ven y Mira
(Come and See), 2011
oil on canvas
78 ¾ x 59 inches

This painting is illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Ten, Page 121

The towering cross composed of books in this rendition is inspired by the fifth chapter of the Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse of St. John. This final book of the New Testament of the Bible delivers a divine message, using codes, images and numbers. It is a symbolic and allegorical representation of a sealed book with seven wax signets that hold hidden meanings and predictions of historical future events.

The four books in the upper center of the composition – with their pages facing the viewer – allude to transcendental attributes of God, such as, faith, unity, beauty and goodness. The other seven blocks of books, with their book spines all in Latin, symbolize all mankind, with its virtues and sins –and moreover – it is a thought-provoking compendium of the struggle between the righteous and the immoral.

As in the Book of Revelation, the title of the painting, Come and See, invites the viewer to take a closer look, engage, and try (or dare!) to unravel this mystical experience, supposedly beyond all human understanding.

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