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title: "PROPERTY OF THE STATE"
summary: "PROPERTY OF THE STATE. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. The work presents two contrasting ways of understanding the State and its obligations."
description: "The work presents two contrasting ways of understanding the State and its obligations."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/propiedad-del-estado/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-12T09:50:12-05:00"
---

Publicado: 12 of October of 2021

# PROPERTY OF THE STATE

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[Gallery 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

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**Photo credits: Edwin Jimeno**

#### Edwin Miguel Jimeno Tarazona

2010  
Performance  
Dimensions 90 x 60 each

The work presents two contrasting ways of understanding the State and its obligations. On one hand, the phrase “The State owns you” questions the extent of state power over the bodies of citizens and the way in which legal systems regulate individual freedoms. On the other, it suggests that citizens are part of the State and should hold it accountable for its actions or omissions. Through a neon light and a brief message, the artist poses a sharp critique of the ambiguity surrounding the role of the State in guaranteeing the fundamental rights set out in the Constitution, especially those in Article 2, which refers to its essential aims.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC_3j17MGlM&ab_channel=edwinmigueljimenotarazona)

[About the Artist](https://revistaerrata.gov.co/autor/edwin-jimeno)

[Sentencia T-259-17 Servicio militar](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2017/t-259-17.htm)

[Sentencia T-353-18 Objeción de conciencia](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2018/T-353-18.htm)

[Return to room 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

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