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Carmen Argote’s Maximalist Homage to Garment Workers

The artist makes each article of clothing in her current exhibition from the same sewing pattern, but they all have their own personalities.

Renée Reizman

October 23, 2025 — 4 min read

Table with Carmen Vargas’s items for constructing a garment, including scissors, seam rippers, pins, rulers, and sewing feet, on view in Carmen Argote: gajes del oficio at the Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, California (all photos Renée Reizman/Hyperallergic)

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