Tiffany Alfonseca |‘SOUTH FACING SOUTH (ghanaman X quisqueya)’ | London January 2021
Tiffany Alfonseca debuts a suite of paintings inspired by Peter Sollett’s 2002 film Raising VictorVargas, entitled Esclavo de la Sociedad. Collectively, the works presented in the exhibitionchallenge the trope of the hyper masculine Dominican-American man that too often informsbroad representations of Dominican culture, through the lens of queerness. Alfonseca takes thisfilm as a point of departure and conceives a scene in each painting that provides a rebuttal tothe shots that compose Sollett’s film. These intimate portraits of Black and Brown subjectsinhabiting private moments and spaces—rendered in Alfonseca’s singular palette of varyingpink hues embellished with glittery accent colors—soften pictures we’ve been trained to seethrough a heteronormative lens. Each work in this show is about the things that are left unseenand unsaid and as such function as liminal snapshots—as the edited scenes of stories bothpersonal and communal.Notes to editorsAbout Tiffany AlfonsecaTiffany Alfonseca (b. 1994) is a Bronx- based Dominican American mixed media artist Alfonsecacontinuously taps into her Afro-Dominican roots and leverages it as a conceptual cantilever that providesa dynamic framework for her artistic practice. Moreover, her work aims to visually articulate that the Blackand Afro-Latinx diaspora does not exist within a monolith, but that these communities are a culturalcornucopia that is vast, varied, and complex. Alfonseca’s artwork is an intricate combination of beauty,diversity, and multilingualism that exemplifies the strength of the Black and Afro-Latinx diaspora.
About Tiffany AlfonsecaTiffany Alfonseca (b. 1994) is a Bronx- based Dominican American mixed media artist Alfonsecacontinuously taps into her Afro-Dominican roots and leverages it as a conceptual cantilever that providesa dynamic framework for her artistic practice. Moreover, her work aims to visually articulate that the Blackand Afro-Latinx diaspora does not exist within a monolith, but that these communities are a culturalcornucopia that is vast, varied, and complex. Alfonseca’s artwork is an intricate combination of beauty,diversity, and multilingualism that exemplifies the strength of the Black and Afro-Latinx diaspora.
About Tiffany AlfonsecaTiffany Alfonseca (b. 1994) is a Bronx- based Dominican American mixed media artist Alfonsecacontinuously taps into her Afro-Dominican roots and leverages it as a conceptual cantilever that providesa dynamic framework for her artistic practice. Moreover, her work aims to visually articulate that the Blackand Afro-Latinx diaspora does not exist within a monolith, but that these communities are a culturalcornucopia that is vast, varied, and complex. Alfonseca’s artwork is an intricate combination of beauty,diversity, and multilingualism that exemplifies the strength of the Black and Afro-Latinx diaspora.
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Tiffany AlfonsecaNo dejes que las apariencias te engañen, 2020Acrylic paint, glitter, paint markers, and charcoal on stretched canvas.48 x 48 in -
Tiffany AlfonsecaEsta vez sera diferente, 2020Acrylic paint, glitter, paint markers, and charcoal on stretched canvas.30 x 40 in
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Tiffany AlfonsecaLata de Bustelo para bañarse (El mundo es mio), 2020Acrylic paint, glitter, paint markers, and charcoal on stretched canvas.30 x 40 in
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Tiffany AlfonsecaEl silencio entre nosotros mata, 2020Acrylic paint, glitter, paint markers, and charcoal on stretched canvas.30 x 40 in
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Tiffany AlfonsecaSi dios lo permite, 2020Acrylic paint, glitter, paint markers, and charcoal on stretched canvas.48 x 48 in
