Greetings loyal reader! Join Bruce and Mary as they accidentally experience a little culture in their adopted city of Merida, which was the cultural capital of the Americas in 2000. As usual, for those of you who prefer to view Bruce’s post from the original blog-site, please click here.
Leonora Carrington’s Nigromante, Necromancer
On our way to the gym we encountered the most fantastic bronze sculptures right on Paseo de Montejo, the Champs-Elysees of Mexico. I know, I make this reference every time but it really is an incredibly beautiful boulevard with the French Colonial architecture of the grand buildings fronting Paseo it is most appropriate. So later in the day we took a leisurely stroll down Paseo to take in all of these striking works. It has been over a year since Paseo has been adorned by Objetos de Arte, so this expo is very exciting. And being Dali fans we really appreciate these wild sculptures by the hand of British-born Mexican Leonora Carrington, one of the greatest surrealists in the world and what is really incredible is some of this work was created this very year by this 93 year old icon.
After our tour we did a little research and we find that our charismatic and photogenic mayor, Anjelica, in concert with the State of Yucatan has brought Leonora Carrington’s traveling exposition to Paseo as a celebration of the commitment to rejuvenate this signature avenue of Merida. So my friends, enjoy this mesmerizing journey through Leonora Carrington’s Celtic mythology in bronze.
Carruaje, Carriage
Cuculati III, Hooded Spirits
El Nahual del Mono, The Monkey of Nahual, the Aztec Shapeshifter
Hija Minotauro, Minotaur Daughter
Horno de Simon Magus, The Stove of Simon Magus the Sorcerer
La Madre de los Lobos, The Mother of the Wolves, with Mary for scale. (I’m avoiding a bad joke here)
Mascara la Diosa Emplumada, Mask of the Feathered Goddess
Mesa Canibal, Cannibal Table
Musica para Sordos, Music for the Deaf
And there you have it, my friends, a virtual tour down Paseo Montejo’s Leonora Carrington exposition. I hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks for visiting gentle reader. Bruce is curious if you prefer these photorama posts over the the previous text heavy buggers. Bruce does, as he is basically a pretty lazy guy and these posts are much easier to do. However he is happy to comply with readers’ desires. Please let him know. Hasta Pronto!
I have been enjoying your blog for some time now. I visited the Yucatan when I was in high school on a spanish trip and would love to go back some day. I am a Parkers Prairie graduate, but live in Alex now. I enjoy all the pictures, but I also enjoy a little more text! Thank you for letting us share in your experiences!
Hola Tim, thanks for your kind words and thanks for the feedback for more text. I will try to accommodate you. I hope you keep reading and…. stay warm! Cheers!!
I had never seen your site before. I love it! I wrote a post about leonore Carrington and I found your piece during an image search. For my readers who want to view your wonderful images of the scupltures on Paseo de Montejo, I have included a link to this post.
Hola Joanna,
Thanks for your comment and thanks very much for the link. And congrats on your latest book, Magic Made In Mexico! I am sure your book signing event will be a huge success.
Cheers!
I walked along the Paseo this morning and was fascinated by the sculptures, then came home and read Joanna’s post with its link to your site. Thanks for the photos — I love them. No more words are necessary for this story at least; the visuals tell it so well. I find it amazing that this artist is creating these excellent sculptures in her 90s. Gives hope to us all, doesn’t it?
Hola Mary,
It is amazing that Leonora Carrington is still creating such inspiring art, it does indeed give hope to us all. I am glad you enjoyed the pix, Mary and I had a lot of fun doing that blog post. I hope you keep reading.
Cheers!
We are planning to install “Music for the Deaf” in Purchase NY and would like to know exactly how tall is the sculpture piece in order to mock up a scaled version so that it may be properly placed in the garden.
We see Mary is in the photo for ‘scale’…and we now know that Mary is the tallest person in her family. How tall is Mary? Thanks
Hola Larry,
I’m glad you got ahold of me by email as this blog was temporarily down. Good luck with your project.
Cheers!