Object Details
- Artist
- Margarita Cabrera, born Monterrey, Mexico 1973
- Exhibition Label
- 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
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Copyright
- © 2011, Margarita Cabrera
- 2011
- Object number
- 2012.35.2A-D
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- vinyl, copper wire and thread
- Dimensions
- 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (32.5 x 22.3 x 26.7 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Object\other\appliance
- Record ID
- saam_2012.35.2A-D
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c5a4c891-d51f-497a-89a6-c2f226603819
