Modern Tango World N° 11 (Paris, France) | Page 30

Tango Portraiture
Fabian Perez
Fabian Perez has stated that the purpose of art is to perpetuate beauty.
That is what I am always striving for. God created the world and embellished it with the wonders of
nature. I think it is the artist’s job to embellish it with his work.
I am constantly fighting for a more romantic world, one where the woman and the man have defined
roles and power isn’t always the goal ... I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but
how you enjoy it.
Born in 1967 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Fabian Perez
had a difficult childhood. His father owned bordellos
and nightclubs that were illegal. He also was a gambler.
To this day, Fabian remembers the police coming to
their home looking for his father who would try to es-
cape through the back door.
So many times he went to jail. I remember when I
was very young going to police stations and look-
ing for him.
Eventually his father gave up the business, lost every-
thing and lapsed into depression.
Meanwhile, Fabian’s mother, who was artistic herself,
encouraged her son to develop his aptitude for art.
From an early age he loved to draw and she would
proudly display these endeavors. He was also passion-
ate as a boy about soccer and martial arts, which be-
came an integral part of his life and his work as an artist.
I remember at the age of eleven, quitting my first
class because there was a World Cup soccer
match. I did not take art classes in school, or even
finish high school, but when the teachers wanted
a drawing of, say, an Argentine hero, they always
came to me.
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