This event is in the past.It took place on December 19, 2025 at Institute for the Humanities.
Decorative ExhibitionDecorative ExhibitionMartinez transforms produce boxes and food packaging into haunting portraits of the farmworkers who fill them. His multilayered works honor the dignity of laborers often treated as disposable as the cardboard they're painted on.
Social realism art
Farmworker narratives
Upcycled materials
Contemporary portraiture
Tips
đweekdays only, 9 am-5 pm through Dec 19
đšMartinez worked as a farmworker himself
Narsiso Martinez: Best Used By
Burns Park
Decorative ExhibitionDecorative ExhibitionMartinez transforms produce boxes and food packaging into haunting portraits of the farmworkers who fill them. His multilayered works honor the dignity of laborers often treated as disposable as the cardboard they're painted on.
Social realism art
Farmworker narratives
Upcycled materials
Contemporary portraiture
Tips
đweekdays only, 9 am-5 pm through Dec 19
đšMartinez worked as a farmworker himself
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