At What Cost?
Lorena Molina Welcome Edition

In response to the recent attacks on the immigrant community, this edition is now being sold in partnership with the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center (IRLC), to assist with legal services to create stability and security for vulnerable families in our community. To this end, half of the sales of this edition will go directly to IRLC to support their work.

At What Cost?
Duotone prints, text, embroidery, walnut wood frames
2023
each an edition of 6

Lorena Molina, in partnership with local Latine women from Casa de Paz, has created a series of 4 embroidered tapestry photographs as Wave Pool’s 8th “Welcome Edition.”

In this work, artist Lorena Molina presents viewers with appropriated images of sites where Governors Greg Abbot (TX) and Ron DeSantis (FL) have used vulnerable populations of migrants as pawns to make their political points against immigration. Molina critiques American ideals of safety and freedom‚—concepts so revered and celebrated in this country—and asks viewers to question, who benefits and who ultimately pays the price for these convictions.

The women who embroidered this edition are from Casa de Paz, an organization that helps Latine women and children who are survivors of domestic violence. These women gained meaningful and gainful employment through the production of this series that speaks to the issues that they have also faced as immigrants to this country.

This project was first displayed at Chicago EXPO in 2023.

Now, the edition is being sold in partnership with the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center (IRLC), to assist with legal services to create stability and security for vulnerable families in our community. To this end, half of the sales of this edition will go directly to IRLC to support their work.

Purchase via the link below or reach out to wavepoolgallery(at)gmail.com for more information.