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:

  1. A message, and whimsy in the same art.

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

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  3. I like this exhibit a lot, Sharon!

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  4. 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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  5. Fascinating and very creative.

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

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  7. I imagine that exhibit has helped raise some eyebrows.

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

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

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