Artwork Details
- Title
- Camas para Sueños
- Artist
- Date
- 1985
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 28 1⁄8 x 20 1⁄2 in. (71.4 x 52.1 cm) sight: 23 x 17 1⁄2 in. (58.4 x 44.3 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1985, Carmen Lomas Garza
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- gouache on paper
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape — time — night
- Figure group — female
- State of being — phenomenon — dream
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — bedroom
- Landscape — celestial — moon
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
- Object Number
- 1995.94
Artwork Description
Lomas Garza’s folk-styled works document the lives of Mexican Americans and often portray memories of her own family in South Texas. In Camas para Sueños (Beds for Dreams) the artist and her sister sit on their roof dreaming of becoming artists, while their mother below maintains a traditional home. Lomas Garza’s deceptively straightforward images offer uncommon glimpses of American daily life as it unfolds in many Chicano communities.
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
Las obras de estilo popular de Lomas Garza documentan la vida de los mexicanos americanos, preservando a menudo los recuerdos de su propia familia en el sur de Texas. En Camas para Sueños, la artista y su hermana están sentadas en el techo de su casa soñando en convertirse en artistas, mientras la madre, abajo, mantiene un hogar tradicional. Las imágenes engañosamente sencillas de Lomas Garza dejan entrever como la vida cotidiana estadounidense se desarrolla en muchas de las comunidades chicanas.
Nuestra América: la presencia latina en el arte estadounidense, 2013