Carmen Lomas Garza’s Camas para Sueños

Meet the Artists of Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art

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Carmen Lomas Garza, Camas para Sueños1985, gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum

About this Artwork

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.

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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

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      This audio podcast series discusses artworks and themes in the exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In this episode, director Eizabeth Broun discusses Camas para Sueños by Carmen Lomas Garza.