May 2 - November 17, 2019 | Leatherby Libraries, Henley Reading Room

Whether a physical barrier, an idea, a political symbol, or a set of policies, a border is an experience we all share. This exhibition showcases art on the subject of borders from the Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art. Geographically, these works were all created in proximity to the border California and Arizona share with Mexico. More abstractly though, these works ask us to consider a border not just as a barrier or disruption but as a point of contact that co-exists within the flow of an environment and its human, animal, and plant populations.

“…un signo tan convencional, tan preciso y legible que ni se necesita saber inglés o español, matemáticas o geografía, historia o sociología para entenderlo.”  

“…a sign so conventional, so precise and legible that you don’t need to know English or Spanish, mathematics or geography, history or sociology to understand it.”

-Eduardo Antonio Parra