Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Marta Arat |
Title |
Governor of the Tarahumaras |
Date |
1980 |
Medium |
Intaglio |
Technique |
Etching |
Dimensions |
H-20 W-13 inches |
Dimensions |
20" x 13" |
Description |
Marta Arat Governor of the Tarahumaras, 1980 Etching on paper, 20" x 13" Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection 2020.2.26.2 Gift of Juan Antonio Sandoval Jr. Portrait of Governor of the Tarahumaras. Artist Marta Arat (1932-2002) was born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. She spent most of her adult life along the El Paso/Juarez border, where she studied art at The University of Texas at El Paso. Arat painted her social and spiritual self and created work that experimented with color while mirroring a time and place that reflects the region of the Chihuahuan borderlands. Arat’s work presents images taken from the beauty and diversity of people’s hopes, aspirations, and dreams. Marta Arat painted a full spectrum of women, with the belief that women along the US/Mexico border are often overlooked though they are a historic example of life and change. She was a close friend of the El Paso collector Juan Sandoval. Arat was active in the Soñando Juntos organization, an immigrant youth-led organization that empowers borderland immigrant youth through civic engagement. Locally, her first exhibition "Life in the Barranca Del Cobre" in 1980 was followed by her first group exhibition "La Mujer y Su Arte" in 1984. Arat’s artwork has been published in magazines, books, and commercially. From Chihuahua, Mexico throughout Texas and to other parts of the region, she has exhibited in museums, galleries and university libraries. Her paintings can be found in many private, corporate, and public museum collections throughout Mexico and the United States. |
Object Name |
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Search Terms |
Indigenous Worker Governor Farmer Elderly Nature Leader Border Tarahumara |
Object Number |
2020.2.26.2 |
Collection |
Juan Antonio Sandoval Jr. Collection |