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Paintings Sculpture and Installations Tijuana artist Oscar Ortega's project for inSITE94, "A Corner of a World ... Land/Una esquina de un mundo ... tierra" was a mural sited on an abandoned and collapsing building located just yards from the Pacific Ocean and the border fence at Playas de Tijuana. In 1994 the artist restored the mural, originally created in 1992, to reinvigorate its points of reference. According to Ortega, the mural illustrated a ship whose crew is facing the choice of either heading south or north all while having to repair and maintain the vessel for the voyage that ultimately lies ahead. --inSITE94 Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 254) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico
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image
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Paint
Form/Genre
installations (visual works)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb6487691h
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Subject
Beaches Ruins Boundaries Restoration Murals (any medium) Painting (image-making) Border art Vessels Voyages and travels Installations (visual works) Mexican-American border region InSITE94
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