Today it’s time for a bit of Art in Mexico City, let’s talk about Abelardo L. Rodríguez Market. Tucked away in the heart of the Historical Center, this peculiar market, built in 1934 by architect Antonio Muñoz combines baroque styles you, Belle Époque, Art Nouveau and Art Deco, has a nursery and an auditorium, and it’s named after the president of the Rpublic Abelardo L. Rodriguez. It could be any market, however the walls are decorated with murals done under the supervision of Diego Rivera and portraying themes such as exploitation of workers, peasants and miners, the struggle against Nazism and fascism and racial discrimination. Its creators were talented Mexicans, Americans and Japanese who approached the art to the people through the murals found at the main entrances, lobbies, courtyards and corridors of the market. The murals in this market ranks fourth in importance after those found in the Palace of Fine Arts, the Secretary of Public Education and the National Palace made by David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera among many others. If you want to know these samples of Mexican muralism you can visit the market that is in the streets of Republic of Venezuela, Republic of Colombia, Del Carmen and Rodriguez Puebla. https://google.mx/maps/@19.436853,-99.127296,3a,75y,318.82h,91.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRX9e5dR2fPONnKqj1afkCg!2e0
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:59:34 +0000
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