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The work of Rodrigo Lara Zendejas (b.1981, Toluca, Mexico) surveys politics, immigration, and social justice. Through a site-specific installation, Lara depicted the unjust Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s by the President Hoover and Roosevelt administrations. He portrays these events in a provocative, ironic, yet contemplative tone. The Great Depression engendered anti-immigrant sentiments that enabled the relocation of many people, most of whom were U.S. citizens of Mexican descent.
Participating Artists
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas
Curator
Dolores Mercado
Organizing Institution
National Museum of Mexican Art
Displayed at
National Museum of Mexican Art Kraft Gallery