Alejandro Pérez Álvarez
El Bohemio

El Bohemio

© 2014 Alejandro Pérez Álvarez

El Bohemio
El Bohemio
CultureCuban
Titles
  • El Bohemio
Date2014
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 15 11/16 × 23 11/16 in. (39.9 × 60.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 27 9/16 in. (50.8 × 70 cm)
Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2022.586
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

In Ciego de Ávila Province, in the central part of Cuba some 260 miles from the capital, the cultural center El Bohemio occasionally hosted drag shows. As a friend put the finishing touches on Shakira’s costume, she raised her arm, summoning the forces for her performance. A young man watches the show that has already begun on the other side of the curtain, which is bathed in a fiery red light.

 

En la provincia de Ciego de Ávila, en la zona central de Cuba, a unas 260 millas de la capital, el centro cultural El Bohemio ocasionalmente presentaba espectáculos de drag. Shakira levanta el brazo invocando la energía para su actuación, mientras un amigo da los últimos retoques a su vestuario. Un joven observa el espectáculo que recién comienza del otro lado de la cortina, bañado por una luz

roja intensa.


ProvenanceThe artist, Havana, Cuba; purchased by Madeleine P. Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois, ; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right edge: RMG 29697
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom left: "El Bohemio," 2014
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom center: 7/10
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom right: ALEJANDRO PEREZ ALVAREZ - 2017 [signature]
Signed in black ink, verso, bottom right

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