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Islamic World
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Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)
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Luis Jiménez
Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo)
1986
Fiberglass with pigment and glitter
© 2002 Luis Jiménez /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
90.410
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This work is a small-scale study for one of the artist´s most eloquent sculptures. Reflecting on his own Mexican heritage, Jiménez pays heartfelt homage to the laborers who face exploitation, exportation, and even death by crossing the Rio Grande (or, as seen from the Mexican side, the Rio Bravo) into the United States. A man bears his wife and child on his shoulders, an ensemble that recasts the flight into Egypt in secular and present-day terms.
Gift of Frank Ribelin
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Related Exhibitions & Collections:
Modern and Contemporary Art
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