Canned Spring

Artist Ric Garcia (Cuban American, b. 1968, Miami, FL)

Title Canned Spring

Date2015

MediumArchival digital print on canvas paper

DimensionsImage Size: 23 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (59.7 × 59.7 cm)
Paper Size: 30 × 30 in. (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Framed Size: 35 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (90.8 × 90.8 cm)

Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection

Object numberDCCAH2020.016

ClassificationsPrints

Locations

Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs (899 N. Capitol St NE, 7200)

DescriptionRic Garcia’s prints celebrate Latino culture’s connection with American culture by way of food and other consumer products. They aim to highlight ways in which assimilated cultures contribute to the images and ideas of Americana. Sampling from various sources, Garcia references gender along with various Latino cultural touchstones in order to spark conversation about diversity, identity, and what it means to be bicultural. He works in the Pop Art style, building on an art historical tradition to represent ideas with immediacy, power, and flexibility.