Sun Raid Raisins
Poster
2008 (made)
2008 (made)
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Screenprint poster showing a skeleton in a red bonnet holding a basket of grapes against a red background, subverting (or subvertising) the packaging of the Sun Maid brand.
Object details
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| Title | Sun Raid Raisins (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint |
| Brief description | Screenprinted poster, 'Sun Raid Raisins'' by Ester Hernandez, USA, 2008 |
| Physical description | Screenprint poster showing a skeleton in a red bonnet holding a basket of grapes against a red background, subverting (or subvertising) the packaging of the Sun Maid brand. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
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| Associated object | E.42-2014 (Series) |
| Bibliographic reference | This poster was included in a 2020 exhibition entitled '¡Printing theRevolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now', 2020, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with the following catalogue entry:
'Twenty-six years after her original, Hernandez reimagines her classic Sun Mad poster [see E.42-2014] as a condemnation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In addition to changing the title from Sun Mad to Sun Raid, she outfits the calavera (skeleton) with an ICE wrist monitor and a huipil, a traditional indigenous garment. This latter reference suggests how indigenous people from Mexico and Central America represent a segment of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Hernandez issued this print at a time when the George W. Bush administration was being widely criticized for its high level of workplace raids.'
It was also displayed in the 2019 V&A exhibition, 'Food: Bigger than the Plate'. |
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| Accession number | E.43-2014 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2014 |
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