{"id":414161,"date":"2026-09-29T23:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414161\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:02:16","slug":"redo-art-show-featuring-cuban-artist-tatiana-mesa-pajans-dandelion-statue-of-liberty-closes-this-month-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414161\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Redo\u2019 art show, featuring Cuban artist Tatiana Mesa Paj\u00e1n\u2019s dandelion Statue of Liberty, closes this month in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnTatiana Mesa Paj\u00e1n\u2019s \u2018Libertad\u2019 at OXH Gallery in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 24, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

Last year, Tatiana Mesa Paj\u00e1n<\/a> was among Creative Loafing Tampa Bay\u2019s emerging artists to watch<\/a>, and she\u2019s kept busy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last March, the Cuban artist expressed interest in giving an American icon the same treatment she\u2019s brought to other sculptures by filling them with dandelions. \u201cThe Statue of Liberty will continue this series, bringing softness to something hard\u2014this time to a bronze surface,\u201d she wrote in an email to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cLibertad\u201d found a commission, and a home at the OXH Gallery founded by artist Odeta Xheka which is displaying the bronze statue covered with dandelions as part of a two-person show, \u201cRedo: siempre\/p\u00ebrs\u00ebri (always\/again)\u201d (stylized \u201cREDO\u201d).<\/p>\n

The show features work from Paj\u00e1n and Xheka, and last Friday, the gallery hosted a conversation featuring Dr. Alexis Mootoo, president of Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, and Creative Loafing photographer Dave Decker.<\/p>\n

The show closes at OXH Gallery, located at 1646 W Snow Ave. in Hyde Park, on Oct. 16.<\/a><\/p>\n

See photos from the Sept. 14 salon conversation below.<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

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This article appears in Sept. 24 \u2013 30, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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