Border Wall Aesthetics
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Border Wall Aesthetics

Artworks in Border Spaces

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Border Wall Aesthetics

Artworks in Border Spaces

About this book

30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we live in a time of globalization and free trade. Nevertheless, 70 new border walls have been built in this period – put together, they would cover the total circumference of the Earth. While governments offer manifold justifications for building these separation barriers, they invariably attract the attention of artists. Is it merely the lure of transgression, however, that attracts them – or is there a deeper significance in the artistic encounter with border walls? And which artistic strategies do these artists employ to approach them?

In order to address these questions, Élisa Ganivet revisits the history of border wall aesthetics and compares more recent border-related works by 100 artists, including Joseph Beuys (Berlin), Banksy (Israel-Palestine), and Frida Kahlo (Mexico-US). Through art and thus beyond art, we understand the flaws and shortcomings of supposedly well-oiled systems.

With a preface by Élisabeth Vallet.

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Information

Publisher
transcript Verlag
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9783837647778
eBook ISBN
9783839447772
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General
Border 
Wall 
Aesthetics
20
and 
respected: 
worship 
of 
the 
divinity 
created 
the 
border. 
A 
border 
stone 
is 
to 
a 
boundary 
what 
the 
stele 
is 
to 
commemoration. 
Here, 
the 
border 
stone 
is 
to 
commemoration 
what 
the 
stele 
is 
to 
the 
boundary. 
Illustration 
1.1
e 
link 
between 
boundaries 
and 
the 
sacred 
can 
also 
be 
found 
Roman 
royalty, 
starting 
with 
Romulus’ 
establishment 
of 
Rome 
(753–717 
BCE) 
and 
continuing 
with 
his 
successor 
Numa 
Pompilius 
(717–673 
BCE). 
In 
the 
temple 
of 
Jupiter 
on 
Capi
-
toline 
Hill 
in 
Rome, 
a 
sanctuary 
was 
originally 
dedicated 
to 
the 
God 
Terminus 
(Ill. 
1.2), 
who 
was 
the 
protector 
of 
boundary 
stones 
(Dumezil, 
1952; 
Gaffiot, 
1934). 
He 
was 
worshipped 
and 
celebrated 
with 
of
ferings 
to 
maintain 
peace 
between 
peoples. 
Ovid 
praised 
him: 
“You 
set 
bounds 
to 
peoples, 
cities, 
great 
kingdoms: 
without 
you 
every 
field 
would 
be 
disputed. 
You 
curry 
no 
favor: 
you 
aren’t 
bribed 
with 
gold, 
guarding 
the 
land 
entrusted 
to 
you 
in 
good 
faith” 
(Nisard, 
1850, 
p. 
572-
573). 
e 
god 
embodied 
by 
the 
statue 
marks 
out 
the 
territory; 
its 
sacred 
value 
also 
forces 
respect. 
His 
motto, 
concedo 
nulli
(I 
concede 
to 
no 
one), 
can 
be 
understood 
as 
granting 
no 
concessions, 
even 
to 
death. 
is 
adage 
was 
taken 
up 
by 
the 
humanist 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Content
  3. Preface
  4. Foreword
  5. Chapter 1 The history of border wall aesthetics
  6. PART 1 Aesthetics in the 20th century
  7. PART 2 Aesthetics in the 21st century
  8. Conclusion Globalization? Beyond the walls
  9. Bibliography
  10. List of illustrations