{"id":766066,"date":"2025-06-05T09:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=766066"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:04:57","slug":"alejandro-cartagena-ground-rules","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/exhibition\/alejandro-cartagena-ground-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.tab {overflow: hidden;background-color: #f1f1f1;}.tab button {background-color: inherit;float: left;border: none;outline: none;cursor: pointer;padding: 14px 16px;transition: 0.3s;font-family:'SFMOMADisplayMedium'; font-size: 16px;}.tab button:hover {text-decoration:underline;}.tab button.active {text-decoration:underline;}.tabcontent {display: none;padding: 6px 12px;border-top: none;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"tab\"><button class=\"tablinks\" onclick=\"openLang(event, 'English')\" id=\"defaultOpen\">ENGLISH<\/button><button class=\"tablinks\" onclick=\"openLang(event, 'Spanish')\">ESPA\u00d1OL<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"English\" class=\"tabcontent\">\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules<\/em> is the first major retrospective of the acclaimed photographer, bringing together over two decades of his work through an expansive multi-series presentation. Born in the Dominican Republic and based in Monterrey, Mexico, Cartagena explores pressing social and environmental issues through a striking range of photographic practices that includes documentary images, collage, appropriated vernacular photographs, and AI-generated video. His work captures the complexities of suburban sprawl, the US-Mexico border, and increasing economic inequality. As visually dynamic as they are politically incisive, his photographs prompt viewers to question the systems that shape our world. Though rooted in Mexico, Cartagena\u2019s photographic series speak to shared global conditions of migration, environmental crisis, and unchecked development, offering a powerful reflection on the broader forces defining life in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Spanish\" class=\"tabcontent\">\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules<\/em> es la primera gran retrospectiva del c\u00e9lebre fot\u00f3grafo latinoamericano. La muestra re\u00fane m\u00e1s de dos d\u00e9cadas de sus obras a trav\u00e9s de una extensa presentaci\u00f3n de sus series. Cartagena \u2014quien vive y trabaja en Monterrey y es originario de la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana\u2014 explora las problem\u00e1ticas sociales y ambientales por medio de una sorprendente variedad de pr\u00e1cticas fotogr\u00e1ficas que incluyen im\u00e1genes documentales, collage, fotograf\u00edas vern\u00e1culas apropiadas y video generado por inteligencia artificial. Su obra plasma las complejidades de la expansi\u00f3n suburbana, la frontera entre Estados Unidos y M\u00e9xico, y el creciente aumento de la desigualdad econ\u00f3mica. Sus fotograf\u00edas son impactantes y pol\u00edticamente incisivas que nos invitan a cuestionar los sistemas que configuran nuestro mundo. Aunque se sit\u00faan en un contexto mexicano, las series fotogr\u00e1ficas de Cartagena abordan condiciones globales compartidas como la migraci\u00f3n, la crisis ambiental y el desarrollo desmedido, que nos brindan una profunda reflexi\u00f3n sobre las din\u00e1micas que definen la vida en el siglo XXI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction openLang(evt, langName) {\n  var i, tabcontent, tablinks;\n  tabcontent = document.getElementsByClassName(\"tabcontent\");\n  for (i = 0; i < tabcontent.length; i++) {\n    tabcontent[i].style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n  tablinks = document.getElementsByClassName(\"tablinks\");\n  for (i = 0; i < tablinks.length; i++) {\n    tablinks[i].className = tablinks[i].className.replace(\" active\", \"\");\n  }\n  document.getElementById(langName).style.display = \"block\";\n  evt.currentTarget.className += \" active\";\n}\ndocument.getElementById(\"defaultOpen\").click();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about about the artist and exhibition in <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/read\/new-rules-for-storytelling-the-photography-of-alejandro-cartagena\/\">New Rules for Storytelling: The Photography of Alejandro Cartagena<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLISHESPA\u00d1OL Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules is the first major retrospective of the acclaimed photographer, bringing together over two decades of his work through an expansive multi-series presentation. 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