Margarita Cabrera

Es Imposible Tapar El Sol Con Un Dedo, c. 2018

Water color collaged with border patrol uniform fabric

25 x 21 in (63.5 x 53.34 cm)

Edition. 2 of 13

$4,000

This print is inspired by the old saying "Es imposible tapar el sol con un dedo." "(It is impossible to cover the sun with one finger)" which Cabrera uses as a metaphor to show how some things larger than life and visible to all can only be partially covered. One cannot cover light or life in its totality, nor can we try to evade a problem with a quick solution. Blocking the light is an impossible feat because the sun is dynamic, quick in its movement, and shows up when you least expect it behind clouds and mountains.

About the artist

Margarita Cabrera

Cabrera was born in México City and grew up in El Paso, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degree at Hunter College New York. In recent years, Cabrera has split her practice between her individual work and art collaborations. Cabrera’s art collaborations produce work that engages communities through transformative practices on both sides of the Mexico/United States border.

Her most recent museum solo exhibitions include Margarita Cabrera: It is Impossible to Cover the Sun with a Finger, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX; What Art Can Do: Margarita Cabrera – The Collaborative Act of Making, Art League Houston, Houston, TX; and Margarita Cabrera: Space in Between, Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Perilous Bodies, Ford Foundation Gallery, New York, NY; The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp at the New Orleans “Prospect 4” and The U.S.-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility at Los Angeles Craft & Folk Art Museum count as group exhibits where her work has recently been exhibited. 