Alejandro González
from the series Conducta impropia

from the series Conducta impropia

© 2008 Alejandro González Méndez

from the series Conducta impropia
from the series Conducta impropia
CultureCuban
Titles
  • from the series Conducta impropia
  • from the series Improper Behaivior
Date2008
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 23 3/8 × 17 3/8 in. (59.3 × 44.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (60.6 × 50.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2022.527
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

A month after beginning his series Improper Behavior with close-up portraits, Alejandro González continued the project by photographing jubilant young people at a gay pride party at Mi Cayito, a popular gay beach east of Havana that little more than a decade earlier had been subject to police raids, arrests, fines, and threats of imprisonment.

 

Un mes después de comenzar su serie Conducta impropia con retratos en primer plano, Alejandro González continuó el proyecto fotografiando a jóvenes llenos de alegría en una fiesta del orgullo gay en la playa Mi cayito, al este de La Habana. El sitio, de reunión habitual para esta comunidad, había sido objeto de redadas policiales, arrestos, multas y amenazas de encarcelamiento poco más de una década antes.


ProvenanceThe artist, Havana, Cuba; purchased by Madeleine P. Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois, 2009; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black marker, verso, bottom edge: 1/10 "Playa Mi Cayito," La Habana, Cuba // 14 junio del 2008.
Signed in black ink, verso, bottom right: [signature] // 2008 // ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ

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