Margarita Cabrera, Mexican
Space in Between, 2018
Margarita Cabrera’s Space in Between exemplifies the difficulties of strict border policies, demonstrating the linked cultures, economies, and people between the Mexican-Texas border. Linked within the work are political, social, and cultural issues as the cacti are sewn from U.S. Border Patrol uniforms' sections and patched in with flags or words of affirmation. The plants themselves represent aloe vera, with their various healing properties, and cacti, with their dangerous and painful likenesses. As governments continue to divide families and put up walls to keep immigrants out, Cabrera’s work symbolizes how these borders also keep people in, harming those on both sides of the wall. Label by Clarissa Cantacuzène