Border Crossing - San Diego, CA - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This work is provocattive- especially in San Diego (maybe that is why it keeps getting moved.) The sculpture clearly is depicting three people who are crossing the border in a non-conventional- and probably illegal manner.


The Smithsonian website describes this sculpture by artist Luis Jimenez as a (visit link)

"Man carrying a woman on his shoulders. She carries a child in her arms. The child's open mouth and facial expression indicate that it is screaming. The child's hands appear thin and bony. The man holds the woman's knees with both hands. He wears a yellow shirt and blue pants. His proper right knee is bent. The woman wears a red shirt and green skirt."

The Smithsonian inventory has three separate numbers for this piece- apparently because it has been moved. It appears to have first been in New Mexico, then Los Angeles...and before it arrived at it's present location, the author of this waymark noticed this sculpture first in San Diego's Civic Plaza near the San Diego City Hall lobby (c. 2008).

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Border Crossing Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Luis Jimenez Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1989 Materials used: Polychrome fiberglass Location: in front of the San Diego Art Museum in Balboa Park

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