La Feria en Reynosa

La Feria en Reynosa was painted in 1987 and is Gouache on cotton paper. Like almost all other paintings by Garza it has a positive message and shows the culture she grew up with. What we see is a fair in Reynosa and we see the merging of two cultures. The barbed wire is technically the only thing separating the United States and Mexico and it may be able to keep the people in their designated sides but it cannot keep the culture out. “A barbed wire fence and two mesquite trees, ubiquitous features of the borderlands, demarcate the fairgrounds edge.”(3) Our eyes meet Mexican food, pots, and dolls being sold. On the food stands we see decorations, which clearly originated from Mexico, but signs are written in Spanglish (English and Spanish mixed.) Some women in the photo look Mexican because of their hair or clothing, then there are women with clothing that could be attributed to the US. Also every one is placed in horizontal parallel lines, which is something that Garza liked to do. The placement of people and objects in her paintings were clearly thought out.