Opening Celebration of Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands

Join us in celebrating the opening of Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands with a panel discussion, gallery activities, art-making, food for purchase by Ensenada Street Food, and music by DJQ. Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands presents new and recent work by contemporary artists living and working from both sides of the United States-Mexico border. This exhibition highlights artists’ innovative engagement with the region’s distinctive material culture—an area often overlooked in U.S. historical and institutional narratives. Gesturing towards the Chicano sensibilities of Rasquachismo—a legacy of resourcefulness born from necessity—blended with the European and American tradition of the readymade, these artists’ interventions transform mass-produced and found objects to examine intersecting themes of land and labor, movement and migration, materiality of place, and beyond borders. The exhibition evokes the landscape and cultural aesthetic of the Borderlands through sculpture and installation deeply rooted in personal experiences and historical narratives. These works challenge conventional perceptions, repositioning everyday objects as reflections of cultural resilience and the politics of resourcefulness. By assembling and reimagining found materials, the artists foster new dialogues that emphasize the intricacies and complexities of political boundaries as well as the enduring significance of place. This exhibition is guest curated by Rigoberto Luna.