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Muro is a conceptually political work by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, and features five clay lumbers that were once part of a 26-ft long wall the artist constructed in New York. The wall was formed and dismantled in one day, which coyly references the building of walls at borders, but also the destruction of barriers.

Source: News, January February March 2018.


DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 19 × 23 in. (9.8 × 48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Overall (a): 3 3/4 × 18 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (9.5 × 47.3 × 9.5 cm)
Overall (b): 3 3/4 × 19 × 3 7/8 in. (9.5 × 48.3 × 9.8 cm)
Overall (c): 3 7/8 × 19 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 48.3 × 9.5 cm)
Overall (d): 3 3/4 × 18 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (9.5 × 47.3 × 9.5 cm)
Overall (e): 3 7/8 × 18 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 47.6 × 9.5 cm)
Accession Number 2017.32.a-.e
Classificationssculpture
SignedBosco stamped on end of lumbers a,b, and d, and on the side of lumbers c and e
Muro
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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