San Diego and Argument

Art of San Diego/Tijuana Border

The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has ignited a fire in the hearts and minds of many people. However, that fire was already burning in many ways prior to his election and for a litany of reasons. Indeed, the conditions and dynamics when it comes to the Mexico border as it is exists in the broader San Diego and Tijuana areas have been ramped up for quite some time. One manifestation of this dynamic is the art that emerges and is displayed and sold on both sides of the border in the greater San Diego area. The economic impacts and outcomes are important to explore given the proposed tariffs and boycotts that are rattling around or are proposed. What shall follow in this report is an annotated bibliography review of ten sources. For each source, there will be three points of analysis. Those points, in order, will be the argument of each source, an assessment of each source and how the source fits (or does not fit) into the broader project. While art is often dismissed and otherwise diminished by some people, to suggest it is not a factor in the San Diego/Tijuana scene and paradigm would be less than true and on a number of levels.