The accompanying catalog to the exhibition Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands on view at Tucson Museum of Art July 3- November 30, 2025.<\/p>\n
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The accompanying publication for the exhibition, Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands<\/em> presents new and recent work by contemporary artists living and working from both sides of the United States-Mexico border. Highlighting these artists\u2019 innovative engagement with the region\u2019s distinctive material culture\u2014an area often overlooked in U.S. historical and institutional narratives. Gesturing towards the Chicano sensibilities of Rasquachismo<\/em>\u2014a legacy of resourcefulness born from necessity\u2014blended with the European and American tradition of the readymade, these artists\u2019 interventions transform mass-produced and found objects to examine diasporic themes of land, labor, migration, class, regional identity, and materiality.<\/p>\n Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands<\/em> includes essays by Rigoberto Luna, Guest Curator; Ricardo Chavez; Christine C. Brindza; Marianna Pegno, each discussing portions of the history, contemporary intersections, and implications of Latinx art with respect to the Chicano Art Movement of the 20el<\/sup> century, visual culture of the Borderlands, creative use of materials, and the exhibition itself. Sections are introduced with poetry by Melani \u201cMele\u201d Martinez; Logan Phillips; Diana Marie Delgado; and Gabriel Dozal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Participating Artists<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Andr\u00e9s Caballero and Vanessa Saavedra<\/span> Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands<\/em> is a full-color catalogue published by the Tucson Museum of Art with essays by Rigoberto Luna, Guest Curator; Ricardo Chavez; Christine C. Brindza; Marianna Pegno; and poetry by Melani \u201cMele\u201d Martinez; Logan Phillips; Diana Marie Delgado; and Gabriel Dozal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":43358,"template":"","meta":{"_price":"47.99","_stock":"398","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"468","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[101],"product_tag":[311,329,330,86,217,332,331],"class_list":{"0":"post-43357","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-books-cards","7":"product_tag-art","8":"product_tag-border","9":"product_tag-borderlands","10":"product_tag-catalog","11":"product_tag-exhibition","12":"product_tag-found-object","13":"product_tag-readymade","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/43357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=43357"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=43357"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tucsonmuseumofart.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=43357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMargarita Cabrera<\/span>
\nMar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Crespo<\/span>
\nFederico Cuatlacuatl<\/span>
\nRa\u00fal De Lara<\/span>
\nVer\u00f3nica Gaona<\/span>
\nGloria Martinez-Granados<\/span>
\nNarsiso Martinez<\/span>
\nsofia mayorga<\/span>
\nRub\u00e9n Ulises Rodr\u00edguez Montoya<\/span>
\nLorena Ochoa<\/span>
\nDaisy Quezada Ure\u00f1a<\/span>
\nGil Rocha<\/span>
\nMiriam Salado<\/span>
\nVicente Telles<\/span>
\nJos\u00e9 Villalobos<\/span>
\nJudi Werthein<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"