Hand-drawn Starbucks Application
Artist/Maker
Eduardo Navarro
(Argentinian, b. 1979)
Date2009
MediumPen and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 23 3/8 × 16 9/16 in. (59.4 × 42.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky
Object number2023.1.26
Status
Not on viewNavarro works across many mediums, exploring the relationships among humans, animals, and nature. This drawing comes from his series, Apply , in which he downloaded job applications to work at Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Victoria’s Secret, and other large U.S. companies. He printed, projected, and redrew the applications by hand. The enlarged scale of the drawings brings an ironic sense of monumentality to the dehumanizing experience of applying for, not to mention working in, underpaid jobs at large corporations.
ProvenanceDriek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID; by gift 2023 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Border Crossings: Contemporary Art from the Zirinsky Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 10, 2025 - June 1, 2025 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
- On View
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