Object Details
- Artist
- María Brito, born Havana, Cuba 1947
- Exhibition Label
- While preparing this installation Brito remembered the well-known children’s song called El patio de mi casa (The Backyard of My House). In Brito’s backyard, nature struggles to survive the uprooting of migration, here symbolized by the constricting cradle, barren tree shadows, and the cracked ground. Rain collects at the top of the wall and channels down into the sink, giving a tree sapling a chance to thrive. Brito’s humble Cuban American kitchen is a site of remembrance, transformation, and growth.
- Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
- Copyright
- © 1991, María Brito
- 1990
- Object number
- 1997.71A-G
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture-Assemblage
- Medium
- mixed media including acrylic paint, wood, wax, latex, gelatin silver prints and found objects
- Dimensions
- overall: 95 1/2 x 68 1/4 x 65 in. (242.6 x 173.4 x 165.1 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture Interior\domestic\kitchen
- Object\furniture\cradle
- Architecture Exterior\detail\patio
- Record ID
- saam_1997.71A-G
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7fa59749a-30a1-4fde-b1bb-1b975527b657
