Margarita Cabrera’s Brown Blender

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

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Margarita Cabrera, Brown Blender2011, vinyl, copper wire and thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum

About this Artwork

Cabrera’s vinyl sculptures take the form of appliances assembled in Mexican factories and sold to U.S. consumers. She sewed each sculpture in a process that echoes factory labor. The strings used to bind the vinyl are left long and exposed, reminders of the labor involved in producing appliances found in many American homes.

Acerca de esta obra

Las esculturas de vinilo de Cabrera toman la forma de aparatos electrodomésticos ensamblados en fábricas mexicanas y vendidos a consumidores estadounidenses. La artista cosió cada escultura evocando el proceso de manifactura de las fábricas. Los hilos usados para unir al vinilo se dejan largos y a la vista, para recordar la mano de obra que produce estos aparatos típicos de los hogares estadounidenses.

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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, museum director Elizabeth Broun discusses sculptures by Margarita Cabrera