Federico Silva, Mathias Goeritz, Helen Escobedo, Manuel Felguérez Hersa and Sebastian together conceived a work of public art that represented a fundamental aesthetic event for the twentieth century at UNAM's Espacio Escultórico. After more than 30 years of its inauguration on April 23, 1979, this book analyzes their meanings and influences through 14 essays by noted personalities: Authors Fernando del Paso and Elena Poniatowska, archaeologists Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and Eduardo Merlo, historian Serge Fauchereau and former dean Jorge Carpizo, amongst others. Illustrated with 70 images by photographers: Andrea Di Castro, Paolo Gori, Javier Hinojosa, Michael Calderwood, Úrsula Bernath and the photographic archives of Rodolfo Rivera.
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