Marta Sánchez
A Frank Reflection of Beginnings and Endings
Offset Lithograph
21 3/4 x 30 inches
Edition of 24
Published by Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia.
From the Artist
This piece is about a view froma screen door. The organic fluid grid keeps the viewer separated from the female dog that is alone and meltingunder the hot sun. An abandoned mother that is in the middle ground stands still waiting for food and attention.
All this happening at once: the viewer watching, the dog and the woman, the train passing. The trains pass along making noise as they rattle voices of the past.
In this 20th-century moment, the viewer sees the signs of change approaching quickly.As the neighborhood becomeserased for something new, all involved—foreground, middle and background—know of the inevitable.
—Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
My work has been an ongoing narrative of past experiences, memories, and modern day concerns. I combine art and philanthropy, creating art whose sole purpose is to be used for the greater good. I started out creating Cascarones due to my longing for family; it turned into a sharing the folkloric art of Cascarones to assist others. The aspect of text on traditional retablos allowed me to venture to connectwith contemporary Latina writers in the Americas. The collaboration with Norma E. Cantu titled “Transcendental Train Yards” offered entry to another realm, creatingparallel example of the sensibility of the visual narrative and the literary narrative in a serigraph suite of prints. Outside of working on the Mexican experience with the train yards I also have another project on recording myfamily history.
The catalyst of all my work is the desire to bookmark events and people that may not otherwise be noticed. For that reason, I continue this direction as I focus on a secondary project that I feel has not reached its full potential.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
As a child I believed that art held a daily purpose for everyone. It not only helped my grandmother worship and communicate to God and her many saints but also uplifted all of us with spiritual images and taught morals based on the narratives of the images. Art that is purposely meant to bless others is what I want to share....
My work has always been connected to creating images that could be purposeful. I have been interested in art that uplifted people by noting them and their lives through a Mexican retablo format, documenting people and actions that would otherwise go unnoticed.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
