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Syndicate, Los Angeles
Débora Delmar
Property / Propiedad (Pedregal de San Angel), 2020Enamel, sheet metal, steel frame
63 x 47.25 x 1 inchesShipping Location: Mexico City, MexicoDelmar's series 'Property / Propiedad' incorporates the labor of Mexico City's rotulistas (traditional sign painters) to reproduce mid-20th-century newspaper advertisements for suburban middle-class housing developments. Handmade rótulos were common in...Delmar's series 'Property / Propiedad' incorporates the labor of Mexico City's rotulistas (traditional sign
painters) to reproduce mid-20th-century newspaper advertisements for suburban middle-class housing
developments. Handmade rótulos were common in the urban landscape for decades as billboards, and
are now rarer with the advent of inexpensive digital methods.
