País de volcanes
19°26′2.76″N 99°8′39.31″W / 19.4341000°N 99.1442528°W / 19.4341000; -99.1442528
País de volcanes (lit. transl. Country of Volcanoes) is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by the Spanish-born Mexican artist Vicente Rojo Almazán, installed outside Mexico City's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Building and next to the Memory and Tolerance Museum, in Mexico.[2] It is a 1,000 square meters (11,000 sq ft) artwork[3] that features 1,034 ocher-colored pyramids standing out of the water;[4] the artwork was made with tezontle, a type of reddish volcanic rock. The central body of the fountain contains water that flows subtly down its sides to the area with the pyramids.[5] For Jaime Moreno Villarreal of Letras Libres, the fountain is located slightly below the square level so that the viewer can appreciate the volcanic geography.[2]
Rojo got inspired on his travels across the country and by observing the mountain ranges of the country, its volcanoes and its pyramids.[5][6] Rojo also commented that the fountain honors Lázaro Cárdenas, president of Mexico between 1934 and 1940, whom he called the "Benito Juárez of the 20th century". He also explained that the artwork's pink color was used "to soften the edges and to match the stone of the Corpus Christi temple".[7]
See also
- 2003 in art
References
- ^ a b "Cronología" [Chronology]. Instituto Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ a b Moreno Villarreal, Jaime (9 April 2012). "Vicente Rojo, desde el mirador" [Vicente Rojo, from the observation deck]. Letras Libres (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ Quiroga, Ricardo (18 March 2021). "Sin Vicente Rojo la vía pública hubiera palidecido" [Without Vicente Rojo the public road would have paled]. El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ Osorio, Camila (18 March 2021). "Un lápiz abstracto en México llamado Vicente Rojo" [An abstract pencil named Vicente Rojo]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ a b "¿Qué hay detrás de 'País de Volcanes'? La OBRA de Vicente Rojo ubicada en la CDMX" [What is behind 'País de Volcanes'? The WORK of Vicente Rojo in Mexico City]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ Garrido, Diana (22 March 2021). "Las 6 obras más icónicas de Vicente Rojo" [The 6 most iconic works of Vicente Rojo]. Revista AD (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ Obras (Temas 385–390) (in Spanish). Expansión. 2005. p. 119. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
External links
- Media related to País de Volcanes, fuente de Vicente Rojo at Wikimedia Commons
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