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===Visual art=== Artworks related to the Berlin Wall include: [[File:TheDaytheWallcamedown.jpg|thumb|''[[The Day the Wall Came Down]]'' (1996) by [[Veryl Goodnight]], a statue depicting horses leaping over actual pieces of the Berlin Wall]] *In 1982, the West-German artist ''{{Interlanguage link|Stephan Elsner|de|lt=Elsner}}'' created about 500 artworks along the former border strip around West Berlin as part of his work series ''Border Injuries''. On one of his actions he tore down a large part of the Wall,<ref name=mauerfall>{{cite news |title=Die Mauer als Muse |url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/die-mauer-als-muse/821970.html |work=The Wall fell on July 18th 1982 |date=13 March 2007 |publisher=Lars von Törne in Der Tagesspiegel |access-date=13 March 2007 |archive-date=19 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119001840/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/die-mauer-als-muse/821970.html |url-status=live }}</ref> installed a prepared foil of 3x2m in it, and finished the painting there before the border soldiers on patrol could detect him. This performance was recorded on video.<ref name=elsnerworks>{{cite web |title=ELSNER's Border Injuries |url=http://www.galerie-son.com/artists/elsner/elsner_works.html |work=artworks & video documentation |publisher=galerie son |access-date=8 October 2011 |archive-date=12 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112222437/http://www.galerie-son.com/artists/elsner/elsner_works.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His actions are well-documented both in newspapers from that time and in recent scientific publications.<ref name=elsnerpress>{{cite web |title=ELSNER |url=http://www.galerie-son.com/artists/elsner/elsner_press.html |work=press archive |publisher=galerie son |access-date=8 October 2011 |archive-date=12 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112230138/http://www.galerie-son.com/artists/elsner/elsner_press.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *''[[The Day the Wall Came Down]]'', 1996 and 1998 sculptures by [[Veryl Goodnight]], which depict five horses leaping over actual pieces of the Berlin Wall.
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