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Sun Mad

American Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Ester Hernandez, born Dinuba, CA 1944

    Exhibition Label

    In Sun Mad, Hernandez reconfigures the cheerful branding of the Sun-Maid raisin company into a grim warning. In response to her family's exposure to polluted water and pesticides in California's San Joaquin Valley, Hernandez sought to unmask the "wholesome figures of agribusiness," such as the Sun Maid. The skeletal figure draws attention to the dangers and adverse effects of the various chemicals listed in the print's lower register.
    ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, 2020

    Exhibition Label in Spanish

    En Sun Mad, Hernandez reconfigura la imagen jovial de la empresa productora de pasas para transformarla en una lúgubre advertencia. En respuesta a la exposición de su familia al agua contaminada y a los plaguicidas en el Valle San Joaquín, en California, Hernandez trató de desenmascarar a "las figuras saludables de las agroempresas", como la Sun Maid. La figura de un esqueleto dirige la atención hacia los peligros y los efectos adversos de las diversas sustancias químicas mencionadas en el extremo inferior del grabado.
    ¡Imprimir la revolución! Auge e impacto de las obras gráficas chicanas, desde 1965 hasta hoy, 2020

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto

    Copyright

    © 1982, Ester Hernández

    Date

    1982

    Object number

    1995.50.32

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Graphic Arts-Print

    Medium

    screenprint on paper

    Dimensions

    image: 20 x 15 in. (50.7 x 38.1 cm) sheet: 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Graphic Arts

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Landscape\celestial\sun
    History\United States\labor history
    Allegory\civic\injustice
    Figure\fragment\skeleton
    Object\fruit\grape

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk748ea106a-7b31-41e2-97ff-4d3c2d7e1937

    Record ID

    saam_1995.50.32

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