Margarita Cabrera: The Space in Between

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September 15, 2011 – February 19, 2012

Organized by SECCA, Curated by Steven Matijcio

Margarita Cabrera is a Mexican-American artist, activist and organizer whose objects and activities address timely issues related to border relations, labor practices and immigration. Turning crafts and their manufacture into the vehicle for socio-political consideration, she questions con-temporary applications of post-NAFTA Latin American labor. Drawing upon local communities, Cabrera orchestrates the manufacture of soft, vinyl sculptures resembling backpacks, bicycles, potted plants, domestic appliances, pianos, and full-sized automobiles. Throughout the process, she works with displaced immigrants – organizing workshops and ad hoc corporations to close the gulf between third world production and first world consumption. In the summer of 2011 she will lead a workshop in Winston-Salem, in which the products will be displayed alongside existing work in this fall exhibition.

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