Margarita Cabrera’s faux-leather appliances are reminders that many household electronics are made in factories in Mexico. The obvious craft process of sewing — emphasized by the exposed threads — symbolically makes visible the exploited human labor involved with mass production. Cabrera, who was born in Mexico and lives in Arizona, relates the sagging vinyl forms to the underpaid workers who help provide basic comforts in American homes.
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Title
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Brown Blender
- Artist
- Date
- 2011
- Location
- Dimensions
- 14 1⁄4 x 6 1⁄2 x 9 3⁄8 in. (36.3 x 16.5 x 23.9 cm)
- Copyright
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© 2011, Margarita Cabrera
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- vinyl, copper wire and thread
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Object – other – appliance
- Object Number
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2012.35.1A-D
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI