A Corner of the World… Land

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

• 1994

• Ortega, Oscar (Mexican painter, born 1965)

• InSITE94

This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 255)

Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico

paint

• InSITE94

• Mexican-American border region

• Installations (visual works)

• Beaches
• Border art
• Boundaries
• Murals (any medium)
• Painting (image-making)
• Restoration
• Ruins
• Vessels
• Voyages and travels

• image

Shared Shelf: 16715536

Online finding aid

• inSite Archive

Paintings

Sculpture and Installations

[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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2020-10-28