A massive 25-foot-tall tribute to five Cuban agents jailed for spying in the United States created by Cuban artist Jose Fuster stands next to his house in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs
Children play on a balcony above a wall decorated with mosaics in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Cuban artist Jose Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs. Picture taken April 1, 2009.
People sit outside a house decorated with mosaics and tiles by Cuban artist Jose Fuster in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
Children pose at a garage door painted by Cuban artist Jose Fuster in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
A woman descends the stairs of a house decorated with mosaics and tiles in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Cuban artist Jose Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
Children play outside the house of Cuban artist Jose Fuster in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Fuster has adorned his home and yard with wildly colorful mosaics and large, fanciful sculptures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
A man leaves the frontyard of a house decorated with mosaics in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Cuban artist Jose Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
Neighbors of Cuban artist Jose Fuster enter their front yard in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
CuCuban artist Jose Fuster (2nd R) shares a moment with friends at his home in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Fuster has adorned houses on two streets with Picasso-like paintings and playful ceramic figures in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
Cuban artist Jose Fuster looks out over the art he has wrought in the seaside village of Jaimanitas in Havana April 1, 2009. Below, wildly colorful mosaics and large, fanciful sculptures cover his home and fill his yard in an explosion of art that has transformed the humble neighborhood into a island of brightness among Havana's well-worn suburbs.
