Art & Borders

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Francis Alÿs’s Green Line & 58 liters of paint

Performances, Video Art / 7 minutes of reading

In 1995, Francis Alÿs performed a walk holding a leaking can of blue paint in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. That simple walk was then interpreted as a poetic gesture. Nine years later, Alÿs re-enacted that same gesture with a leaking can of green paint. Alÿs’s performance provoked so much attention because the artist […]

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Why were there seesaws at the border?

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

The US-Mexico border wall has become a battleground for political theater, but also various artistic interventions. One of these outstanding artworks is the pink seesaws. They went viral after they were installed by the two creative architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello. Between the erect giant steel posts of the border fence lie small

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Keith Haring’s subversive Berlin Wall mural – The story behind

Murals, Paintings / 2 minutes of reading

As an outspoken social rights activist, Keith Haring was not one to shy away from controversy. His Berlin Wall Mural is just that – controversial and provocative. In fact, Haring himself told The New York Times that the mural was a “subversive” act that was meant to make a political statement

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Richard Misrach – The border wall as you’ve never seen (or heard) it

Installations, Photography / 4 minutes of reading

When a writer or a composer creates a piece to tell a story, the imagination of the audience runs wild; people start envisioning the heroines and the villains and how they affect their attitudes and perceptions. The same applies to audiences when they view a piece of art or photograph for the first time; they

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Who is Korean painter Sea Hyun Lee?

Paintings / 2 minutes of reading

South Korea’s traditional illustrative and art history is immovable; however, cultural and artistic experimentation will always be relentless. Sea Hyun Lee demonstrates his understanding of just how true the above statement is through his art. He manages to join the two forces of past and present together to create Between the Red. Inspiration Sea Hyun

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How Ana Teresa Fernández erased the US-Mexico border

Performances / 3 minutes of reading

Ana Teresa Fernández, an artist born in Tampico, Mexico, who studied in San Francisco, California and Lausanne, Switzerland, is known for her ability to make powerful statements. Her statement is especially strong when it comes to the politics of space and place. How Fernández erased the border Her piece, Erasing the Border, is one of

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