Artist
Alejandro González (Cuban, born 1974)Cuban, born 1974
CultureCuban
Titles
- from the series Conducta impropia
- from the seres Improper Behaivior
Date2008
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 23 × 23 in. (58.4 × 58.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 3/8 × 29 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (77.2 × 76.1 × 3.1 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 3/8 × 29 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (77.2 × 76.1 × 3.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, Gift of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker
Object number2024.254
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
The title of Alejandro González’s series Conducta impropia is an intentional reference to the 1984 documentary of the same name by Cuban exiles Néstor Almendros and Orlando Jiménez Leal detailing the Castro government’s oppression of Cuba’s gay population.
El título de la serie de Alejandro González, Conducta impropia, es una referencia intencionada al documental de 1984 del mismo nombre, realizado por los exiliados cubanos Néstor Almendros y Orlando Jiménez Leal, que detalla la represión del gobierno de Castro contra la población gay de Cuba.
ProvenanceMadeleine and Harvey Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois; given to MFAH, 2024.
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