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A large aerosol mural extends across an entire brick wall and around the corner. Detail is of the portion of the mural around the corner from the "Pintando la Frontera" portion. It depicts, from left to right, a nude woman behind barbed wire in front of a cityscape, (text in the sky above the city reads, "Ciudad Desnuda / Madre Tierra que Grita / Niños de la Calle Se Pierden / En la Miseria de la Ciudad... / ...Un Alurin / Tipo Los Doors / We Live Al Otro lado / En El Mundo de Los Sueños / Donde cualquier Cosa / Puede Pasar... / Los Antepasados / Creando un Cambio / Un Futureo / Un Nuevo Amanecer") a child, a bearded man with long hair (possibly Jim Morrison), a bomb by Nuke, a calavera, the acronym "FZLN", Emiliano Zapata, a UFO, a depiction of Carlos Salinas de Gortari as the chupacabras with the word "El Chupa Patria", and a bomb by UTI. Text above the FZLN reads, "¡¡Paz Justicia Democracia Dignidad!!" The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: James Prigoff c/o California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Library – CEMA, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106 Phone: (805) 893-8563, E-mail: cema@library.ucsb.edu
Aerosol Barbed wire Border art Chicano art Chicanos Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico) Graffiti Hip-hop Inner cities Landscapes (representations) Fire in art Mexican American art Mexican American Border Region Mexican Americans Mural Art Nudes Poetry Politicians Chicano Movement Revolutionaries Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919 Salinas de Gortari, Carlos Morrison, Jim, 1943-1971
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