Photo: Alejandro González Méndez
Alejandro González Méndez
(b. La Habana, Cuba, 1974)
The series
Inappropriate Behavior (Conducta Impropia) is an inventory of individuals subject to rejection or exclusion because of their sexual preferences. It is a denunciation of homophobia. Symbolically it is also a call to respect differences—political, ideological, and religious. The close up portraits taken during the World Day against homophobia celebration (May 17, 2008) show people’s faces and try to “erase” the features that identify them in terms of gender. The title of this work,
Inappropriate Behavior, is ironic, because it alters the meaning of what had once been a chargeable offense.
Liudmila & Nelson
Liudmila Velasco (b. Moscú, Rusia, 1969/resides in Cuba since 1977) &
Nelson Ramírez de Arellano (b. Berlin, Germany, 1969/resides in Cuba since 1972)
The series
El Viaje, is part of the many works Liudmila & Nelson have developed around the idea of a "journey", as a reference to a change of state or the implications of moving from one place to another. This project is also based on their personal and social experiences.
René de Jesus Peña González
(b. La Habana, Cuba, 1957)
The artist describes The series
Untitled Album as a self reflection on being black in today’s western society. Peña believes the black person who is definitively inserted into western society has no need to seek pride in a remote past in Africa or in the cotton or sugarcane fields. Peña believes that as a black person, he feels proud of the history that he holds in the here and now, without needing to be stereotyped as a
King of the Dance.
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