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odd sign in Tijuana - "the nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of caliban seeing his own face in the mirror"
By tms at 19 January 2009 - 3:12pm | Categories:
odd sign in Tijuana - "the nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of caliban seeing his own face in the mirror"

"the nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of caliban seeing his own face in the mirror"

A bit of Google-fu shows this to be a misquote of a line from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

A thought-provoking sentiment - especially as I've been reading a lot lately about the Transcendentalists, Theosophists, and other 19th Century movements.

Why this is painted on a cinder block wall enclosing a border crossing in Tijuana...I have no idea.

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Daniel Joseph Martinez

By tms on 19 January 2009 - 3:31pm

A bit more Google-fu shows this to be the work of artist Daniel Joseph Martinez.

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