Mexico City-Street Art

Ciudad de Mexico is a magical gigantic city....in the last few blogs I've tried to show you around this wonderful megalopolis and feature a few of its many wonders....today lets just wander around and look at few examples of the magnificent street art that is all over the city.......

This was the very first example of street art that we encountered about a two block walk from our hotel....referring to it as magnificent would be an understatement....!!!

You ain't seen nuthin' yet folks.....c'mon....

This piece  is placed on a sidewalk in a neighborhood all by itself. 

It is bronze and about 20 feet tall ......

Another example of exquisite bronze artistry..!!

This is one of my favorites...kinda reminiscent of the dancing Fiddler On the Roof...

I love this guy!!! He is on the sidewalk in front of the Mexican Federal Social Security Office Headquarters...probably waiting for his check!!!

These two bronze couches are another one of me and Tana's favorites.....

Cool, Cool, Cool......!!!

This is a bench at a busy intersection where you can sit down while waiting for the light to change....

This piece was place here in 1883!!

This is the companion piece to the one above...it too was placed here in the 1880's.....

Not all of the street art was inanimate .....!!

Not one piece of any of the public street art that we admired was defaced with graffiti, gang crap, paint, lovers inscriptions or any of the other vandalism that we see all over the monuments and public art pieces and structures in the United States.... Hmmmmm.. wonder what that's all about?

This is  La Catrina, the most beloved and revered 

Grand Dame of Death, the symbol for the Mexican celebration of Dia de Muertos.

This bronze pays homage to the Indio Yaqui... Yaqui Indians who 
occupied much of north west Mexico around Sonora State...

Nice huh???

This is a really nice piece....my guess is that it is marble ? 
Its 25-30 feet tall...

 Now this is some street art!!!! It  honors the heroes of Mexican Independence.....Pancho Villa is interred here....

I can't remember who this guy is...but he has one kick-ass statue!!!

The Contemporary or Modern Art side of things....

Pretty nice huh?

A homage to Frida Kahlo......

I think this piece is honoring the indigenous Aztec people .... 
There are hundreds maybe thousands more examples of this type of art on the streets of Ciudad de Mexico...when we go back we'll spend a couple of days searching for more....
Before we call it a day.....

One last pic.....for luck....

Take care my friends...peace to us all.....seeya