Kikito, the child who faces off between the U.S. and Mexico

A 20-meter-tall child looks out from the barrier separating the United States from Mexico: it is Kikito, the installation created by French street artist JR that aims to summarize and counter the issue of the wall along the entire border envisioned by Donald Trump.

It is a giant picture of a child barely one year old, who would be modeled by the youngest of a family living where the installation was erected.

Artist JR said, “The idea came to me in a dream. I dreamed about this child looking over the barrier and when I woke up I wondered what could possibly go through his mind. Because we adults know what to think when faced with a wall like that. But a child?”

The work has already met with great success among tourists.

Source: Repubblica - Rai News

Image: The border near San Diego and Tijuana.

Kikito, the child who faces off between the U.S. and Mexico

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