‘Cheese Wall’ Destroyed by Border Wall Contractor, Artist Says

Artist Cosimo Cavallaro sued construction company SLSCO Ltd. in San Diego federal court for the alleged destruction of his “Cheese Wall” sculpture near the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Cavallaro says in his complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California Wednesday that he was wrongfully “deprived of the opportunity to communicate his artistic message through the Cheese Wall—a message he has spent years contemplating—and to see the Cheese Wall, at its full length, stand in contrast to the border wall.”

The complaint says Cavallaro’s works often involve sculptures made from perishable materials—including melted cheese, ...