This Mexican Artist Is Erasing the Mexico-US Border Fence with Blue Paint Roisin Davis - Truthdig
go to original October 25, 2015

Mexican-born artist Ana Teresa Fernández is painting a portion of the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico blue so that it blends in with the sky. (AJ+)

A Mexican-American artist has launched a project to “erase” the Mexico-United States border fence in Nogales, Sonora. Earlier this month, Ana Teresa Fernández, aided by 30 volunteers, began painting the barrier in a light blue hue to camouflage it against the sky.

“This wall has become a symbol of pain, a symbol where we lament the lives who have not been able to cross it,” the Mexican-born and San Diego-raised artist told the Associated Press.

Fernández hopes the project will raise awareness of migrant rights and human rights internationally. “For me the border, the border wall, is like a tombstone,” she explained.

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