Object Details
- Artist
- Ester Hernandez, born Dinuba, CA 1944
- Exhibition Label
- In Sun Mad, Hernandez reconfigures the cheerful branding of the Sun-Maid raisin company into a grim warning. In response to her family's exposure to polluted water and pesticides in California's San Joaquin Valley, Hernandez sought to unmask the "wholesome figures of agribusiness," such as the Sun Maid. The skeletal figure draws attention to the dangers and adverse effects of the various chemicals listed in the print's lower register.
- ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, 2020
- Exhibition Label in Spanish
- En Sun Mad, Hernandez reconfigura la imagen jovial de la empresa productora de pasas para transformarla en una lúgubre advertencia. En respuesta a la exposición de su familia al agua contaminada y a los plaguicidas en el Valle San Joaquín, en California, Hernandez trató de desenmascarar a "las figuras saludables de las agroempresas", como la Sun Maid. La figura de un esqueleto dirige la atención hacia los peligros y los efectos adversos de las diversas sustancias químicas mencionadas en el extremo inferior del grabado.
- ¡Imprimir la revolución! Auge e impacto de las obras gráficas chicanas, desde 1965 hasta hoy, 2020
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
- Copyright
- © 1982, Ester Hernández
- 1982
- Object number
- 1995.50.32
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Graphic Arts-Print
- Medium
- screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- image: 20 x 15 in. (50.7 x 38.1 cm) sheet: 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\celestial\sun
- History\United States\labor history
- Allegory\civic\injustice
- Figure\fragment\skeleton
- Object\fruit\grape
- Record ID
- saam_1995.50.32
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk748ea106a-7b31-41e2-97ff-4d3c2d7e1937
