Jacket
Jacket
Juan Erman Gonzalez
ca. 1995
Materials
Found fabric and thread
Size
Wearable
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Victor Whitman
About the artwork.
Juan Gonzalez, better known by his designer name Erman, creates one-of-a-kind wearable art made from reclaimed fabrics and materials and non-wearable works made from wood, ceramics, and paper. Influenced by his personal history as a Cuban refugee, his work addresses themes of migration, transculturism, exile, and displacement. This jacket made from found fabric was created during a residency in Miami in the 1990s, when he first began using reclaimed and vintage fabrics to create garments.