Border Crossing/Cruzando el Rio Bravo explained

Border Crossing/Cruzando el Rio Bravo, or Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo),[1] is a sculpture by Luis Jiménez. It depicts a Mexican man carrying his wife and their baby on his shoulders as they cross the Rio Grande.[2] [3]

One fiberglass copy, completed in 1989, was purchased by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and San Diego Museum of Art and installed in the May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden.[3] [4] Others are part of the collections of the Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Texas),[5] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[6] and the New Mexico Museum of Art (Santa Fe, New Mexico).[7] Two others are installed at Iowa State University[8] in Ames, Iowa and The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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Notes and References

  1. News: A new mile-high icon. 2008-03-06. The Denver Post. 2018-04-24. en-US. 2018-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135904/https://www.denverpost.com/2008/03/06/a-new-mile-high-icon/. live.
  2. News: Chicano Artist Alters Stereotypes: Art: Luis Jimenez brings a human dimension to undocumented workers and lowriders. Some of his work is showing in Venice.. SNOW. SHAUNA. 1992-04-28. Los Angeles Times. 2018-04-24. en-US. 0458-3035. 2023-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002213614/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-28-ca-927-story.html. live.
  3. News: At SDMA, a move from the vault to the open air. Gaugh. Catherine. sandiegouniontribune.com. 2018-04-24. en-US. 2017-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002229/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/sdut-san-diego-museum-of-art-open-air-2016mar12-htmlstory.html. live.
  4. Web site: Border Crossing/Cruzando El Rio Bravo – Works – eMuseum. collection.mcasd.org. en. 2018-04-24. 2018-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135633/http://collection.mcasd.org/objects/5166/border-crossingcruzando-el-rio-bravo;jsessionid=FD0C8A936C166D632FC5E7F73E3A4CAD?ctx=6d2b0dde-7ae4-438a-bd22-0255a0cd00c9&idx=5. live.
  5. Web site: Cruzando El Rio Bravo [Border Crossing] · Blanton Museum of Art Collections]. utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu. en-US. 2018-04-24. 2018-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180928171500/http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2921. live.
  6. Web site: Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 2018-04-24. 2018-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135557/https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/14287?returnUrl=%2Fart%2Fsearch%3Fclassification%3DSculpture%7CPainting&display=list&artist=Luis+Jim%C3%A9nez. live.
  7. Web site: New Mexico Tells New Mexico History Border Crossing. online.nmartmuseum.org. 2018-04-24. 2018-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202341/http://online.nmartmuseum.org/nmhistory/art/border-crossing2.html. live.
  8. Web site: Iowa State University. 2020-06-08. 2020-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200608161305/https://www.museums.iastate.edu/about/blog/2020/06/05/a-favorite-stop-on-an-art-on-campus-tour. live.

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