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    Border Crossing is a 10-foot tall fiberglass sculpture located at Iowa State University that depicts a man carrying a woman and child. It was created by artist Luis Jimenez and introduced to campus in 1989. The sculpture depicts Jimenez's father and grandmother crossing the Rio Grande illegally in 1922 to enter the United States. It is dedicated to them with an inscription honoring their risk and perseverance to pursue opportunity in America. Jimenez created large sculptures capturing everyday Hispanic and Southwestern themes and portraying ordinary people as heroes.

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    Border Crossing is a 10-foot tall fiberglass sculpture located at Iowa State University that depicts a man carrying a woman and child. It was created by artist Luis Jimenez and introduced to campus in 1989. The sculpture depicts Jimenez's father and grandmother crossing the Rio Grande illegally in 1922 to enter the United States. It is dedicated to them with an inscription honoring their risk and perseverance to pursue opportunity in America. Jimenez created large sculptures capturing everyday Hispanic and Southwestern themes and portraying ordinary people as heroes.

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    Border Crossing is a 10-foot tall fiberglass sculpture located at Iowa State University that depicts a man carrying a woman and child. It was created by artist Luis Jimenez and introduced to campus in 1989. The sculpture depicts Jimenez's father and grandmother crossing the Rio Grande illegally in 1922 to enter the United States. It is dedicated to them with an inscription honoring their risk and perseverance to pursue opportunity in America. Jimenez created large sculptures capturing everyday Hispanic and Southwestern themes and portraying ordinary people as heroes.

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    BORDER CROSSING

    References:
    Ennis, Michael. "Luis Jimenez-Texas
    Monthly." Texas Monthly. N.p., 01 Sept.
    1998. Web. 06 Mar. 2016.
    Faires, Robert. "A Home for 'Progress' (and
    'Border Crossing')." N.p., 20 Dec. 2012. Web.
    [Border Crossing sculpture from behind; facing North]

    06 Mar. 2016.

    MORE INFORMATION

    Iowa State University Museums Collection.

    For more information please visit:

    N.p., 2015. Web.

    http://umsm003.its.iastate.edu/view/object
    s/asitem/People@489/0?t:state:flow=fba29
    c41-9a7e-40a9-84da-ccd009e08dae

    Photography: All images, except for that of


    Luis Jimenez, were captured by Iowa State
    University student, Vanessa Contreras.

    BORDER
    CROSSING

    Luis Jimnez
    IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

    ABOUT THE ARTIST

    [Dedication quote on the bottom of sculpture Border


    Crossing]

    HISTORY

    SCULPTURE AT ISU
    Border crossing, a sculpture at Iowa
    State University, was introduced to
    campus in 1989 and purchased by the
    College of Consumer and Family
    Sciences. It is located in the south
    courtyard of MacKay Hall. It is a ten
    foot tall sculpture and looks very
    similar to a totem pole styled sculpture.
    Its glossy finish is due to it being made
    from fiberglass with urethane finish. It
    is the third edition of the five sculptures
    of its kind.

    Luis Jimnez was born in El Paso,


    Texas in 1940. Being influenced by
    popular culture, Jimnez created large
    polychrome fiberglass sculptures of
    Southwestern and Hispanic themes.
    He makes it a point to capture the
    everyday person as a hero. For
    example in Border Crossing, the man
    carrying the woman and child is
    actually a representation of a typical
    Mexican man whom is willing to
    sacrifice everything, including his life,
    to move his family forward.

    Border Crossing has a unique history


    and meaning behind it. The sculpture
    was made by Luiz Jimenez to show
    what his father and paternal
    grandmother went through when
    crossing the Rio Grande in 1922 to
    enter the United Stated illegally. Since
    the ten foot sculpture depicts his father
    and grandmother it was dedicated to
    them for their risk taking and
    perseverance to chase after the
    American dream. The dedication quote
    at the bottom of the sculpture reads
    Cruzando el Rio Bravo. Luis
    Jimnez 89. Dedicada a mi padre.
    Cruzaron en 1922. In English this
    would translate to Crossing the Rio
    Grande. Luiz Jimenez 89. Dedicated to
    my father. They crossed in 1922.

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