Ruta de la Amistad
The Ruta de la Amistad (German: Path of Friendship ) is a sculpture path in Mexico City , Mexico .
history
The sculpture path has a total length of 17 kilometers, which goes back to the German-born Mexican sculptor and architect Mathias Goeritz . The sculpture path was built in preparation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. All sculptures have monumental dimensions, the smallest is 7 meters long and the largest 22 meters. Goeritz was commissioned with this project by the architect Pedro Ramírez Vázques of the Mexican Olympic Organizing Committee in 1967 and 1968.
Participating artists
Works that are not along the sculpture path:
- Alexander Calder - United States: El Sol Rojo at the Estadio Azteca
- Mathias Goeritz - Mexico: La Osa Mayor on the Palacio de los Deportes
- Germán Cueto - Mexico: Hombre Corriendo in the Ciudad Universitaria
Works that are along the sculpture path:
- Ángela Gurría - Mexico: La herradura
- Willi Gutmann - Switzerland: El ancla
- Miloslav Chlupáč - Czechoslovakia: Las tres Gracias
- Kioshi Takahashi - Japan: Esferas
- Pierre Székely - Hungary: El sol bípedo
- Gonzalo Fonseca - Uruguay: La Torre de los vientos
- Costantino Nivola - Italy: Untitled
- Jacques Moeschal - Belgium: Untitled
- Todd Williams - United States: Untitled
- Grzegorz Kowalski - Poland: Reloj solar
- Josep Maria Subirachs - Spain: Untitled
- Clement Meadmore - Australia: Untitled
- Herbert Bayer - Austria: Muro articulado
- Joop Beljon - Netherlands: Tertulia de gigantes
- Itzhak Danziger - Israel: Untitled
- Olivier Seguin - France: Untitled
- Mohamed Melehi - Morocco: Untitled
- Helen Escobedo - Mexico: Puerta al viento
- Jorge Dubón - Mexico: Señales
Web links
- mexico68.com : Esculturas (image of the sculptures), (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration "La herradura" (1968) by Ángela Gurría
- ↑ Figure "El ancla" (1968) by Willi Gutmann
- ^ Illustration "Las tres Gracias" (1968) by Miloslav Chlupáč
- ↑ Figure "Esferas" (1968) by Kioshi Takahashi
- ↑ Figure "El sol bípedo" (1968) by Pierre Székely
- ^ Illustration "La Torre de los vientos" (1968) by Gonzalo Fonseca
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Costantino Nivola
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Jacques Moeschal
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Todd Williams
- ^ Illustration "Reloj solar" (1968) by Grzegorz Kowalski
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Josep Maria Subirachs
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Clement Meadmore
- ^ Illustration "Muro articulado" (1968) by Herbert Bayer
- ^ Illustration "Tertulia de gigantes" (1968) by Joop Beljon
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Itzhak Danziger
- ↑ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Olivier Seguin
- ^ Illustration "Zt" (1968) by Mohamed Melehi
- ^ Illustration "Puerta al viento" (1968) by Helen Escobedo
- ^ Illustration "Señales" (1968) by Jorge Dubón