Lavanderia #11

Photograph

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Lavanderia #11

Entry/Object ID

2025.03.01

Description

Graffiti covered window panes looking into a laundromat. A person in blue stands at a machine loading clothes with carts of clothing around them.

Context

This work is part of Fernandez’s series Lavanderia (2002-03) which captures nighttime views through the windows of laundromats on Los Angeles’s East Side. Taken at night, these photographs blur the movements of predominantly Latinx patrons engaged in domestic labor, and highlight the graffiti tags and architectural details of the buildings. Through these series, Fernandez explores personal, cultural, and social issues within larger frameworks, specifically exploring the cultural boundaries and layered histories within Southern California and east Los Angeles.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.03

Source or Donor

Gallery Luisotti

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Courtesy of the artist

Made/Created

Artist

Christina Fernandez

Date made

2002

Ethnography

Notes

American

Edition

Edition Size

6

Edition Number

1

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Graffiti, Labor, Domestics, Laundries (Rooms & spaces), Immigrants

Dimensions

Height

40 in

Width

30 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures, Christina Fernandez

Exhibition

Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures