Juan O'Gorman: A Confluence of Civilizations by Catherine Nixon Cooke

By Catherine Nixon Cooke

To create the "Confluence of Civilizations" mural commissioned for the 1968 World's reasonable in San Antonio, Texas, Juan O'Gorman accumulated normal stones from in every single place Mexico—twelve colours in all—field stones that the artist knew could by no means fade or switch their hue. Juan O'Gorman: A Confluence of Civilizations follows the lifetime of Juan O'Gorman and covers the production of this staggering piece of midcentury public artwork that stands the try out of time not only in vibrancy yet as some of the most influential works created by way of a storied Mexican artist.

Juan O'Gorman used to be a not just a painter and a muralist, a mosaic artist, a critic, and a professor, yet he was once additionally an architect and a innovative; almost certainly most famed for his shut friendship with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and as fashion designer in their notorious two-house studio in Mexico City—Casa Azul—linked by means of a symbolic bridge.

To have fun San Antonio's "HemisFair" Exposition in 1968, Juan created the enormous mosaic mural that also embellishes one wall of the Lila Cockrell Theater alongside San Antonio's famed River stroll. The layout plans for the 5 ton mosaic measured 2600 sq. toes and consisted of 540 numbered panels, each one weighting approximately ninety pounds.

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