ART AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER

ART AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER

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The first artist:

The first artist is Ana Teresa Fernandez. She is a painter on the us-mexico border. Her goal is to erase the border between the US and Mexico.

In 2011, she took the initiative to bring together Mexicans and Americans to celebrate friendship by cuddling, touching each other and painting the barrier with the colour of the sky to make it less sad.

She therefore has a consequent impact on both countries, to destroy this border and restore peace between the two countries.

The second artist:

This artist is called Gretschen Baer and she is a rather atypical artist because she is dressed in a very colourful way. Its goal is to make this border all rusted more joyful and less brutal for young Mexicans.

In order to achieve this goal, she regularly invites children near the fence to paint it with materials to Mrs. Bear. She stores all her painting material under the bonnet of an old, fully painted car, which is parked in front of the border. She probably lives near the border. She also offers the children various activities such as drawing on their arms, crafts,...

She has a rather important impact on the Mexican side because she often receives visits from groups of children.

The third artist:

Here, two professors from California collaborated to come up with a joyful idea that would bring together several Mexicans and Americans, each on their own side, who could play together, through the bars.

So they came up with the idea of making removable swings that could be installed between the bars and bring families together on both sides.
Two peoples can get together to make the swing and talk to forget the border that separates two worlds. The whole thing is closely watched by soldiers.

These two architects have achieved their goal: to bring two countries together around a game.

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