This essay is an excerpt from Incendiary Traces: Hillary Mushkin, published in conjunction with the 2017 Pomona College Museum of Art exhibition, "Project Series 51: Incendiary Traces."
Read MoreDrawing a Line: Encounters with the U.S.-Mexico Border
David Taylor, Boundary Monument No. 210, 2009. From the series Working the Line. Archival inkjet print, 31 x 24 in. | Photo courtesy of David Taylor
Susanna Newbury examines the history of the U.S./Mexico border and its geopolitical importance to the United States.
Read MoreHow a 19th Century Painting Transformed California's Desert World
(Left) "California Calls You", Union Pacific Railroad pamphlet, University of California-San Diego Special Collections, circa 1900 | (Right) "California for the Settler: The Natural Advantages of the Golden State for the Present Day Farmer", Pamphlet cover, Southern Pacific Company, circa 1910 | Courtesy of the California State Railroad Museum Library
In the late 19th century, Southern California's human and natural geography transformed as millions of new residents settled its semi-arid desert world, but artistic renditions of this region seldom get the attention of its northerly neighbors. But why is this the case?
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