“Si No Hay
Justicia para el Pueblo, que no haya paz para el Gobierno.” If there is no Justice for the People, then there won’t be
peace for the Government”.
Is it a commercial propaganda, a
tourist attraction or a symbol of an anonymous revolutionary movement? Maybe a
little of each…
A Revolutionary movement can be
something arising from a need and causing a dramatic change. The
sculptor's first piece happens to be the ultimate image of Mexican revolution: Emiliano
Zapata.
On another street is a Zapata
staring at a church. In 2015, a huge political scandal made international newswhen well known government and high society people took a photo with"Nico" (Nicolas) a mentally ill man wearing a rope around his neck. There is a
sculpture with a tribute to that incident near the location of where the
incident took place.
The first head bust located in the
city was placed there as a conscience revolution art peace indicating the
potholes on Third Street.
If you look closely at the
sculptures the heads are facing in certain directions they as if looking at
certain buildings and at certain things with the intention to bring public
awareness of something bigger going on in the city. At first glance, the sculptures seem to
attract you to look at them, but once you turn your head to see what Zapata is
looking at, it brings something else you attention. And that is where the
revolutionary part comes in. He faces,
strip clubs, pot holes, and religious infrastructures.
And the art sculpture revolution trail
becomes much meaningful. Just like the revolution it is representing, the art starts
to take shape and form into impressively bigger and more significant forms like
hearts in different shapes, torsos with different mediums and textures as well
as colors.
Unfortunately, some revolutionary
movement lose focus on what is important and where there goal is heading. As the weeks pass, more sculptures are now
bombarding the streets and don’t seem to have a meaning. There is one on in front of the Wendlant
Brewery. When I asked the artist about
the meaning behind that sculpture, he indicated it was more of a favor for a
friend. Has the activist-artist sold out
to commercialism? On one particular street
new sculptures have been placed and appear to look like zombie images staring
at each other yet one is gray and basic inform and the other has color and
white dots. I asked the artist about
this piece and he said that he was creating “a new concept”.
When I asked to take his photo, he
humbly declined stating that he would prefer his art to remain the focus.
If you’re wondering about being purchasing this side street revolutionary manifesto for your mantle; you’ll have to keep waiting. While he replied, "No", I think maybe it will just have to wait and see... After all an artist like all rebel/Zapatista-like leaders need sponsors to fund their revolutionary movement.
Currently most sculptures can be
found on near the Hot Fox on 2nd and Third Street in zona Centro. But
city officials say they will be taking them down as they appear to be invasive
and a street hazard.
A huge heart is located on "the
costero" in front of the Wynlandt bar next to Starbucks.
Art sculptures creator: Hector, prefers to stay low profile...
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