| País de volcanes | |
|---|---|
 The installation in 2015 | |
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Location | |
| Artist | Vicente Rojo Almazán |
| Year | 2003 |
| Medium | Tezontle |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 19°26′2.76″N 99°8′39.31″W / 19.4341000°N 99.1442528°W | |
| Preceded by | Estela solar [1] |
| Followed by | Atlante 1 and Atlante 2 [1] |
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
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
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Media related to
País de Volcanes, fuente de Vicente Rojo at Wikimedia Commons
