Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848) �� Shopping for Bargains / My Mother Taught me to Shop, Beginning of a Solution (Worker Rights Consortium) �� Shopping for Bargains / My Mother Taught me to Shop, Beginning of a Solution (Worker Rights Consortium) �� Mexican American Art Since 1848

Shopping for Bargains / My Mother Taught me to Shop, Beginning of a Solution (Worker Rights Consortium)

Title: Shopping for Bargains / My Mother Taught me to Shop, Beginning of a Solution (Worker Rights Consortium)
Creator: Vargas, Kathy
Website: https://artist-encuentro.elevator.umn.edu/asset/viewAsset/6a8c5814f7f4d574f1099557
Description: From the exhibition “Shopping for Bargains/My Mother Taught me to Shop” at ArtPace in San Antonio, Texas (2024), this work combines the ideas of beauty and bargains. This photograph was created using a photogram technique. Pricetags and beading were also added. While the larger installation explores the way consumers participate in the exploitation of garment workers when they demand low prices, this piece emphasizes the agency of workers and their collective power. Mixed media of gelatin silver print with hand coloring and beads. Dimensions: 24” x 20”
Subject: Photography; Chicana art; Mixed media; Global capitalism; Exploitation; Labor; Globalization; Labor rights; Beads; Conceptual art; Domesticana; Capitalism; Economics; Double exposure
Date: 2024
Contributor: Kathy Vargas
Image: https://artist-encuentro.elevator.umn.edu/fileManager/bestDerivativeByFileId/6a8c591c8aeffac19a00de97
Collection: Summer 2026
Access Rights: © 2024, Kathy Vargas. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the written consent of the artist. The image may be used for educational personal individual uses and with credit to the artist.