Daniela Garcia
El Mercado
Oil, charcoal on linen
El Mercado refers to an open market, this painting symbolizes the monetary value that has been placed on our current system to keep it in place. The presence of immigrants trying to come to the US provides an opportunity for funding to be spent on policing, containing and keeping them out. This creates a system where the item being sold at the market are the immigrants at the US border. The young boy stands in the center of all the advertisements for the market, oblivious to the environment he has stepped into.
Oil and charcoal on linen.
34 x 34 inches
About the artist
Daniela Garcia