Diego Alejandro Waisman

In a series of poignant and evocative images, Diego Alejandro Waisman: Sunset Colonies explores the vulnerabilities faced by residents of South Florida’s mobile home communities amid rapid urban transformation and the persistent threat of economic displacement. Named after Waisman’s book of the same title, the exhibition features photographs from the Frost Art Museum’s collection alongside additional works by the artist, created over a span of seven years. These images pose pressing questions about the invisibility of mobile home communities, their histories, and their uncertain futures amidst the housing affordability crisis. At the same time, they highlight the resilience and strength of individuals whose sense of home balances delicately between memory and an encroaching reality.

Diego Alejandro Waisman is a Buenos Aires–born, Miami-based visual artist whose work explores social and economic displacement, exile, family, identity, and origins. He has exhibited and received accolades for his work in South Florida and around the world.

Diego Waisman, Grow, from For I Shall Already Have Forgotten You, 2021, Color photograph, 22 x 33 inches, Purchased with Funds from the Dorothea Green Emerging Artists Fund, FIU 2024.9.2