The Ball is the first artwork of a triptych made by Paola Estrella. The triptych presents a series of hybrid creatures attend a Ball in a parallel dimension. For decades,...
The Ball is the first artwork of a triptych made by Paola Estrella. The triptych presents a series of hybrid creatures attend a Ball in a parallel dimension. For decades, balls or house cultures, have been spaces for experimentation and self-expression where elaborate performances incorporating and commenting on race, class and gender historically reflect and exteriorize desires, dreams and one’s exclusions from these.