Guide to the Alejandro Rodríguez Fornés (Alucho) collection , MS 00118

Conditions Governing Use

Low resolution images may be made available for public usage online; high resolution images will be retained for archival purposes and for servicing to approved patrons. Interested patrons must seek permission to reproduce/distribute from Alucho. Library staff will put patrons in contact with Alucho; permissions and associated charges will be negotiated and collected by Alucho. After permission is granted, Special Collections staff will assist with the logistics in delivering the high resolution images.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation

Alejandro Rodríguez Fornés (Alucho) Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acc. 2018.020 includes five Analog posters created by Alejandro Rodriguez Fornes, "Alucho": The Red Panther, Saberes y Expresiones, Una Pelea Cubana Contra Los Demonios, Chivo Que Rompe Tambo, and Casa de las Americas. Acc. 2018.211 includes the following posters also by Alejandro Rodriguez Fornes, "Alucho": The Clash Day, Club de Jazz, Permio de Musicologia, Cuba Mistery: Finding Your Own Whale, and Celia Cruz, Oversea. Acc. 2018.020 and Acc. 2018.218 includes digital forms of many posters already in the collection and the posters that were featured in the Carteles de Alucho exhibit in the Botetourt Gallery. Acc. 2019.113 includes the physical and digital posters Domingo and Ciclo de Pensamento Social Caribeño.

Biographical / Historical

Born in Havana in 1984, Alejandro Rodríguez Fornés "Alucho," is a prolific graphic designer and an important figure in the use of emerging technologies and digital art in Cuban graphic design. He graduated from Havana's Instituto Superior de Diseño in 2008. He has worked as a designer for the magazines Literatura y Arte Unión and La Jiribilla, the publishers Gente Nueva and Abril, and the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños, as well as the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematography. His work has been featured in international festivals in Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Turkey, Spain, and Russia among others, and he has participated in exhibitions in Cuba and abroad. In 2014, he won the Bronze Medal at the 13th biennial International Poster Festival in Mexico. He is a member of the National Union of Writers and Authors of Cuba (UNEAC) and currently works in the office of Images and Communication at the Casa de las Américas.

Source: (2017, December 1). Carteles de Alucho, Retrieved from https://libraries.wm.edu/exhibits/carteles-de-alucho

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Preservation copies of digital materials are TIFs. Most digital posters may be accessed via Omeka, and high resolution versions can be viewed in the reading room. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for access of high resolution versions and other digital posters.

Container List

Series 9: Posters

2015

Arte Para Mamá
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 1 object: 2
Boomerang
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Festival de Arte y Literatura Cubana. Theme translation: Festival of Cuban Art and Literature. Poster design by Alucho. The festival was held May 26-28 at the University of Puerto Rico featuring expositions, movies, talks, and books. Digital and print poster
Canción de Autor
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 3 object: 4
The Red Panther
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Happy Together/Felices Juntos, Proyecto XII Bienal de La Habana. Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2 object: 4
El Camino de la Vida I
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: The Road of Life. A documentary by Isabel Santos. ICAIC. Poster Artist: Alucho. Poster features a black uniformed figure in front of the sun and a red sky as a woman walks on a zigzag path toward him with headstones to either side. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2 object: 3
El Camino de la Vida II
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: The Road of Life. A documentary by Isabel Santos. ICAIC. Poster Artist: Alucho. Poster features a black shoeprint on a white background with red footprints over it in an X shape. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 1 object: 3
El Robo del Cochino
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Theft of the Pigs. Poster design by Alucho. A work by Arelardo Estorino. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 1 object: 4
En La Espera
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: On the Wait. Poster design by Alucho. "In the Espera" narrates through the voices of experienced architects, the experiences of a group of neighbors of the buildings López Serrano and the house of the writer Renee Méndez Capote, the problem of architectural deterioration in El Vedado. Source: http://muestrajoven.cult.cu/filmes/en-la-espera/

Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 1 object: 5
Homenaje a Charles Chaplin I
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Tribute to Charles Chaplin. Poster design by Alucho, 2015. A tribute to the 55th Anniversary of cinematics in Cuba. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2 object: 2
Homenaje a Charles Chaplin II
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Tribute to Charles Chaplin. 55 Aniversario Cinemateca de Cuba / 55th Anniversary Cuban Cinema. Poster Artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
Homenaje a Charles Chaplin III
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 1 object: 6
Fátima I
2015Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Fátima: O El Parque de la Fraternidad. Theme translation: Fatima, or the Fraternity Park. Poster design by Alucho. The movie is about a woman trapped in a man's body who finds herself in trouble when she falls in love with Vaseline, a pimp. Source: http://www.sensacine.com/peliculas/pelicula-233695/. Written by Fidel Orta based on the story by Miguel Barnet. Directed by Jorge Perugorria. Digital and print poster.
Fátima II
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Feria Internacional de Artesanías
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Kikiriki
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
La Obra Del Siglo Offset
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
The Queen
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Troubled Waters
2015
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.

Series 10: Posters

2016

Dulces Sueños
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 3 object: 3
Eclipse
2016Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Saberes y Expresiones Artisticas de los Pueblos Indigenas de America en el Horizonte del Buen Vivir. Theme translation: Knowledge and Artistic Expressions of the Indigenous Peoples of America in the Horizon of Living Well. 11-14 Octubre 2016. Il Coloquio Internacional de Estudios Sobre Culturas Originarias de America. Casa de la Americas. (Translation: 11-14 October 2016. The International Colloquium on Studies on Cultures Originating in America. House of the Americas.) Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
Feria Internacional de Artesanías (Fiart)
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Habaneros U12 - I - Español
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Habaneros U12 - II - Español
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Habaneros U12 - III - Español
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Habaneros U12 I
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Habaneros U12 II
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Habaneros U12 III
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 3 object: 1
La Rumba
2016Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Chivo Que Rompe Tambo. Theme translation: Goat Who Breaks the Drum. Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
New Solar System
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
No More Violence
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Ok
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Óptico
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2 object: 1
Severo Secreto
2016Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Severe Secret. Poster artist: Alucho. Violeta Producciones. Digital and print poster.
Siempre Estamos Migrando
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Somos Migración
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Stop Nuclear Industry
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Suénalo
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Uneac 55 Años
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Unicornio
2016
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Small collections box 130 Folder: 4
Amor Odio
Circa 2016
Scope and Contents
Two 9 x 10 inch seriagraph posters by Alejandro Rodríguez Fornés (Alucho) titled "Amor Odio."

The first is a predomantly orange mosquito-like design with a series number of XIV/XXV and a penciled number on the back that reads 4082-04tj.

The second poster is the same design with a flyswatter imposed on top in purple and orange. The second poster has series number 37/50, and has an inscription in the bottom right reading "Sean Waple Seattle, WA." The number 4082-04e5 on the back.

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Ann Marie Stock with the help of the Christian Family Endowment.

Series 11: Posters

2017

Alba
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2 object: 6
Celia Cruz: Oversea
2017Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2 object: 5
Cuba Mistery
2017Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Cuba Mystery: Finding Your Own Whale. Poster Artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
Feria Internacional de Artesanías
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Florecen por Ti, or Violeta Parra
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Guernica 80 Años
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Homenaje a Umberto Eco
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Horizontes Latinos
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Listen
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Los Lobos del Este I
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Los Lobos del Este II
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
New directors
2017
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 3 object: 5
Una Pelea Cubana
2017Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Una Pelea Cubana Contra los Demonios. Theme translation: A Cuban Fight Against the Demons. Director/Direccion: T.G. Alea. With Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Raul Pomares, Reynaldo Miravalles, Armando Bianchi, Veronica Lynn. Cuba 1971. Clasicos Restaurados. Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 3 object: 2
Premio Casa
2017Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Premio Literario Casa de las Americas. Theme translation: Casa de las Americas Literary Prize. Novela. Enero 16 al 26. Estudios sobre la presencia negra en la America y el Caribe contemporaneous. (Translation: Novel. January 16 to 26. Studies on the black presence in the contemporaneous America and the Caribbean.) Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.

Series 12: Posters

2018

Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 4 object: 2
Artes de Cuba - From the Island to the World
2018Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Cuban ArtsArtes de Cuba - From the Island to the World. Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 5 object: 2
Ciclo de Pensamento Social Caribeño
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 4 object: 4
Club de Jazz
2018Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Jazz Club. Poster displays production information. Poster artist: Alucho. Image depicts a set of black and white piano keys spiraling inward with white text and film logos in the bottom left corner. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 4 object: 3
Club de Jazz II
2018Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Title translation: Jazz Club. A film by Una pelicula de Esteban Insausti. ICAIC. Programa Ibermedia. Poster artist: Alucho. Image depicts an apple fading into a piano. Digital and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 5 object: 1
Domingo
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster and print poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 4 object: 1
Earthquake
2018Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Digital and print poster.
La Llama Eterna
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 4 object: 5
Premio de Musicología
2018Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Theme: Premio de Musicología Casa de la Americas x Coloquio Internacional de Musicología. Theme translation: Musicology Award, House of the Americas and International Musicology Colloquium. Homenaje a Argeliers Leon en su centenario. 12 al 16 de Marzo. (Translation: Tribute to Argeliers Leon in his centenary. March 12 to 16.) Poster artist: Alucho. Digital and print poster.
The Snatch Thief I
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
The Snatch Thief II
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
The Snatch Thief III
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 4 object: 6
W&M Global Film Festival I
2018English
Scope and Contents
Poster art (two copies) and program booklet for the William and Mary Global Film Festival, held February 15-18, 2018. Print posters have been signed and dated by the artist, Alucho. Digital and print poster.
W&M Global Film Festival II
2018
Scope and Contents
Digital poster.