Juan O’Gorman: A Confluence of Civilizations

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To create the Confluence of Civilizations within the Americas mural commissioned for the 1968 World’s Fair in San Antonio, Texas, Juan O’Gorman collected natural stones from everywhere Mexico—twelve colors in all—field stones that the artist knew would never fade or change their hue. Juan O’Gorman: A Confluence of Civilizations follows the life of O’Gorman and covers the creation of this spectacular piece of midcentury public art, which stands the test of time not just in vibrancy but as one of the vital influential works created by a Mexican artist.

Juan O’Gorman was once a not just a painter and a muralist, a mosaic artist, a critic, and a professor; he was once also an architect and a revolutionary, in all probability most famous for his close friendship with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and because the designer in their two-house studio in Mexico City—Casa Azul—linked by a symbolic bridge.

To celebrate San Antonio’s HemisFair Exposition in 1968, O’Gorman created the large mosaic mural that still adorns one wall of the Lila Cockrell Theater along San Antonio’s famed River Walk. The five-ton mosaic measured 2,600 square feet and consisted of 540 numbered panels, each and every weighing about 90 pounds.
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