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. Highlighting these 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 diasporic themes of land, labor, migration, class, regional identity, and materiality.

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.