The Fascist dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco wasn't everyone's cup of tea — but he did manage the unusual feat of transcending time.
Franco's restoration of the old aristocracy and the Catholic Church in Spain effectively turned the clock back, while his restrictive economic policies helped preserve Spain as a timeless land of beautifully aged buildings and clear brilliant skies.
This particular Spain also made a strong impression on the artist Ken Yabuno when he arrived there in 1970 with hopes of studying architecture. He ended up studying art instead, and his oil paintings — 52 of which have been collected for "Cities in Memory," an impressive retrospective at the Fuchu Art Museum — create a world that resolutely stands aside from conventions of time by embracing memory and reminders of the past — while expressing a sense of the present and future.