Margarita Cabrera

UPLIFT New York

Margarita Cabrera (b. 1973, Monterrey, Mexico) lives and works in El Paso, Texas, United States. UPLIFT New York comprises a flock of birds modeled on papel picado wings with the bodies of chopped-up confiscated firearms; the work references the violence of the US/Mexico border and ongoing gun violence across the US.

Support

Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by Shelley Fox Aarons, Jennifer Allan Soros, Elizabeth Belfer, Suzanne Deal Booth, Fairfax Dorn, Andy and Christine Hall, Hermine Riegerl Heller, J. Tomilson Hill, The Holly Peterson Foundation, Annie Hubbard, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Donald R. Mullen, Jr., Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Doug Oliver, Mario J. Palumbo, Jr., Susan Scherr, Susan Viniar, and Anonymous.