Diego Rivera´s disciples, the murals at Abelardo Rodriguez Market. I suggest to visit first the Murals at the Ministry of Education, most of them from Diego, but you will find also works by Charlot, Amado de la Cueva, Amero , Guerrero and Montenegro (Iberoamericana Library) all in pristine condition, as you exit the building make a left , then a right and walk some two blocks, you will soon realize that you are entering a neglected part of the Historic Centre and then on Venezuela St you will find the market, built in the 30´s after demolishing a great part of the XVII c. Jesuit school of San Pedro and San Pablo, just a few parts of the school were integrated to the new building, for instance a courtyard where Pablo O´Higgins, an American, painted his murals.
The work was done by Mexican and American artists, members of the ¨Revolutionary Writers and Artists league¨ The Murals are mainly on the access gates to the market, for me the best ones are the murals painted by the Greenwood sisters, specially the one by Grace Greenwood (NE access) showing mining, minting, the distribution of gold and the oppression of workers, another very impressive mural is the one by Isamu Noguchi in the upper floor in reds, blacks and grays, quite somber and a mix technique of painting and sculpture, very interesting.
It is worth to talk to the market vendors, one realizes that these simple persons are aware of the importance of the paintings and proud of their work place, as a market, the merchandise there is uneventful, but the place worth visiting. Exiting the market on Venezuela St make a left, from there you will see a large structure like giant sinking ship, is the Loreto Church, only one block away, the place looks like crumbling and its is a not very successful exercise of neo classism with a touch of Palladio, go inside, the place is dilapidated but grand, quite an experience, the interior looks like an abandoned Roman temple. The foto is from Milenio, by René Soto.
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