Toy an horse
Toy an Horse is a two-headed wooden horse that was originally created to sit on the US international border with Mexico (inSITE '97) with one head pointing North and the other pointing South. The presence of this large-scale sculpture raises questions about the actual and perceived relationships between the two countries. Its size and design are a direct reference to the Trojan Horse, yet in this version, elements such as transparency reference a mutual exchange and/or an invasion occurring between the two countries.

About Marcos RamÍrez ERRE
Marcos Ramírez “ERRE” was born in 1961 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Before his art career began, he received a Degree in Law from the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico. He then immigrated to the United States where he worked for 17 years as a carpenter in the construction industry. In 1989, Ramírez became active in the field of visual arts, and since then he has participated in residencies, lectures and numerous individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico, USA, Russia, China, Puerto Rico, Germany, France, Spain, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and in major exhibitions like InSite94; InSite97; the VI and VII Havana Biennials; the Whitney Biennial 2000; the San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial; Made in California; Mexico Illuminated; Politica de la Diferencia; The 2007 Sao Paulo/Valencia Biennial; the California Biennial 08; and the second Moscow Biennial, among others. In 2007 he received a USA Artist Fellowship, and is currently developing a program for Estacion Tijuana, an independent, non-profit alternative space at the San Diego-Tijuana border with a focus in Art, Architecture, Urbanism and Popular Culture.

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