- Guéichas
- Geishas
- from the series El Silencio del cuerpo
- from the series The Silence of the Body
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 9/16 in. (39.7 × 54.8 cm)
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Introduced by a drag queen he met a few weeks earlier and fascinated by the lively dynamics of the Cuban drag community, Alejandro Pérez Álvarez found himself one evening at a private house in Guanabacoa, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana. There, the drag and LGBTQ+ community were joined by neighbors from the area for a 10:00 p.m. performance. Beforehand, the rooms of the old house were divided among the performers as improvised dressing rooms, and Pérez Álvarez can still recall the smell of hair prod- ucts, makeup, and lotion that permeated the place.
Invitado por una drag queen que conoció unas semanas antes y fascinado por la dinámica vibrante de la comunidad drag cubana, Alejandro Pérez Álvarez llegó una noche a una casa privada en Guanabacoa, un barrio en las afueras de La Habana. Allí, a las 10:00 p.m., un espectáculo reunía a los vecinos del área con la comunidad drag y LGBTQ+. Antes del evento, los artistas se repartían las habitaciones de la vieja casona para usarlas como camerinos improvisa- dos. Pérez Álvarez aún recuerda el olor de productos para el cabello, maquillaje y loción que impregnaba el lugar.
ProvenanceThe artist, Havana, Cuba; purchased by Madeleine P. Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois, 2015; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
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