Apparently, Coyoacán is the art cradle in Mexico City, as it houses museums, squares and stories that have made the country's artistic life, one of the richest worldwide. Therefore it does not surprise us that Juan O'Gorman is original of the – now – mayor located in the south of the capital.
O'Gorman was a multidisciplinary artist that, unlike other colleagues, he ventured into various branches of art being painting and architecture Two of his biggest passions. So much so is known about him and his private life, since his work speaks of Life so dizzying and admirable that it used to carry.
Juan O'Gorman took his life on January 17, 1982in the CDMX, being an unmatched carrier of the country's architecture and famous fantastic artist, tireless fighter for social rights and faithful believer of artistic passion. So to understand your legacy, it is important Know the places where the artist left his mark by intervening them or, creating them.
The House-Studio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo is one of Juan O'Gorman's most iconic works.Daniel Sambraus / Getty Images.
House-Studio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Two concrete blocks join through a bridge that, unintentionally, serves as allegory to the proximity among the owners of this property: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The one that is probably the most popular couple in national art, commissioned Or 'gorman the creation of their houses that would also be their workshops and studies. Diego Rivera He met the home of the architect's parents and it was when they both concluded that the architecture carried out with functionalist rigor became a work of art. The place was built between 1931 and 1932.
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Pulquería «Los Fifís»
Mexico City would not be what we know today without the polish tradition. The pulquerías have been renewing and has been thanks to characters like Juan O'Gormanwho was commissioned to carry out work in streets and little known places. One of them was a pulquería located in Manrique (today Republic of Cuba), in which he decorated the walls with some paintings and drawings that delay the daily life of Mexico of the early twentieth century. Today, those pieces do not exist, but the place can be visited and photographs are left and engravings of the same O'Gorman.