Sculpture by Mathias GoeritzExhibit in Mexico CityMexico City is always full of surprises and one of them is the museum Antiguo Casa de Itturbide in the historic center that shows varying cultural items.Once it was mid century modern architectural drawings and models, highlighting some of Mexico's most impressive buildings such as the National Anthropology Museum.This time, there was an exhibition of work by a German artist, Mathias Goeritz, who immigrated to Mexico after World War 2.He brought the forward, clean futuristic theory and aesthetic of Europe and blended it with the history and rusticity of Mexico in the fertile post war era. He worked closely with the most well known modernist architect of that era in Mexico, Luis Barragan on some of his most visual projects, the Satellite towers (impressive even from the air).The fruits of this collaboration show in the work of both men, elevating Barragan's buildings above simple structures, and formalizing and organizing the pure art of Goeritz.Cross-pollenation can result in truly transformative objects that at once, exemplify and rise above their era. Barragan's buildings have exerted a design influence over multiple generations of Mexican architects, some even nicknamed "Barriganis" (or "Little Barrigans"). Not sure if that's meant as a compliment or not. "That Way!""If it was a snake it woulda bit ya!"Additive rather than subtractive processTexturePosted by JR Huebinger on 20th October, 2016 | Comments | Trackbacks | PermalinkCategories: architecture, art, artist, craftsman, cross cultures, details, history, Mexico, mid-century modern, modern, travel, woodTags: sculpture, Mathias goeritz, art, art artist community, Furniture, wood art, wood, modern design, handmade, history, mexico, mid century mod
