Thursday, October 15, 2020

Space in Between

 


I'm not sure what happened in the fall of 2016 because there was no major outdoor exhibit that year.  However this indoor exhibit of work by Margarita Cabrera arrived In October and stayed until February of 2017.  

Ms. Cabrera is a professor of fiber art at Arizona State University who has dedicated herself to collaborative art projects that bring together contemporary art practices with Mexican Folk Art traditions along with U.S. and Mexican border relations.










Participants in this project were all immigrants to the U. S. from Mexico and Central America.  These are sculptural representations of desert plants from the southwest some of them with stories stitched on to them.  The fabric used is from border patrol uniforms.  

Margarita Cabrera has been represented in museums across the United States with shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art along with numerous other museums.  



13 comments:

biebkriebels said...

Very original and funny!

Travel said...

A message, and whimsy in the same art.

Steve Reed said...

Once again, I'm amazed at what artists come up with. Fascinating!

RedPat said...

I like this exhibit a lot, Sharon!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Oh my gosh! Thank heavens for artists, they really do make the world a better place 💜 What an amazing and highly relevant concept, brilliant!

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William Kendall said...

Quite timely.

Bill said...

Fascinating and very creative.

Gemel said...

How creative, not all the stories would be happy I am guessing.

Revrunner said...

I imagine that exhibit has helped raise some eyebrows.

Janey and Co. said...

Unusual for sure. Sort of a mix between folk art and modern.

Susie of Arabia said...

Cacti that aren't prickly! Interesting that these are made from border patrol uniforms. I wonder if there is a hidden message there.