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== Border art ==
Border art is a [[contemporary art]] practice rooted in the socio-political experience(s), such as of those on the [[Mexico–United States border|U.S.-Mexico borderlands]], or ''frontera''. Since its conception in the mid-1980s, this artistic practice has assisted in the development of questions surrounding [[homeland]], borders, [[surveillance]], identity, [[Race (human categorization)|race]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], and [[Nationality|national origin]](s).

Border art as a [[Conceptual art|conceptual artistic practice]], however, opens up the possibility for artists to explore similar concerns of identity and national origin(s) but whose location is not specific to the U.S-Mexico border. A border can be a division, dividing groups of people and families. Borders can include but are not limited to language, culture, social and economic class, religion, and national identity. In addition to a division, a border can also conceive a borderland area that can create a cohesive community separate from the mainstream cultures and identities portrayed in the communities away from the borders, such as the Tijuana-San Diego border between Mexico and the United States.

Border art can be defined as an art that is created in reference to any number of physical or imagined boundaries. This art can but is not limited to [[social]], [[Politics|political]], physical, [[emotion]]al and/or [[Nationalism|nationalist]] issues. Border art is not confined to one particular [[List of art media|medium]]. Border art/artists often address the forced politicization of human bodies and physical land and the arbitrary, yet incredibly harmful, separations that are created by these borders and boundaries. These artists are often "border crossers" themselves. They may cross borders of traditional art-making (through performance, video, or a combination of mediums). They may at once be artists and [[Activism|activists]], existing in multiple social [[role]]s at once. Many border artists defy easy classifications in their artistic practice and work.