Alejandro Pérez Álvarez
Guéichas

Guéichas

© 2011 Alejandro Pérez Álvarez

Guéichas
Guéichas
CultureCuban
Titles
  • Guéichas
  • Geishas
  • from the series El Silencio del cuerpo
  • from the series The Silence of the Body
Date2011
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 17 13/16 in. (29.8 × 45.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 9/16 in. (39.7 × 54.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2022.579
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

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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