Artist
Alejandro CartagenaMexican, born Dominican Republic, 1977
CultureMexican
Titles
- Carpoolers #21
DateAugust 2012
Place depictedLaredo, Texas, United States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 12 1/4 in. (50.8 × 31.1 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 14 1/4 in. (55.9 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 14 1/4 in. (55.9 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2013.53
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
classes. The divide between the wealthy and the working class may be
established first by systemic inequities, but it is enforced by geography.
Alejandro Cartagena’s Carpoolers depicts workers from within the city of
Monterrey, Mexico, traveling to luxury construction sites in surrounding rural
areas. To save on the costs of commuting, workers pack into a single truck,
filling the cab and the bed as they migrate daily. Photographed from an
overpass, Cartagena’s works emphasize the struggle of the labor classes as they
attempt to traverse geographic and economic lines.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, 2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil verso lower right: [signature] / 2012/ Car Poolers #21 / 2/10
Signed in pencil on verso lower right: Alejandro Cartagena
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