Likewise, for Modernize the idea of classical public artwhich is admired on foot, one of the main premises was that the works should obey the speed at which the modern human being moved, by car more than 70 kilometers per hour. Thus, the 18 final sculptures They were placed along the peripheral ring, the road that unites some of the Olympic enclosures: The Azteca Stadium, the Olympic Village and the University Olympic Stadium.
Sculptures
They were built 19 sculptureswith heights from 5.70 to 18 meters high, as part of THE ROUTE OF FRIENDSHIP And three other invited artists were added, located in the vicinity of sports enclosures. The national artists were chosen through a small artistic committee made up of an art critic, an architect and a representative of the National Institute of Fine Arts, which chose Helen Escobedo, Ángela Gurría and Jorge Dubón.
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In this way, in consecutive order, the sculptures were located by «Stations»:
1. Signals or horseshoe | Ángela Gurría, Mexico
2. The anchor | Willy Guttman, Switzerland
3. The three thanks | MIROSLAV CHLUPAC, Czechoslovakia
4. Spheres or sun | Kioshi Takahashi, Japan
5. The bipedo sun | Pierre Székely, Hungary
6. The wind tower | Gonzalo Fonseca, Uruguay
7. Peace Man | Constantino Nivola, Italy
8. Solar disc | Jacques Moeschal, Belgium
9. The magic wheel | Todd Williams, United States
10. Solar clock | Grzegorz Kowalski, Poland
11. Mexico | José María Subachs, Spain
12. Janus | Clement Meadmore, Australia
13. Articulated wall | Herbert Bayer, Austria
14. Giant Tertulia | JOOP J. BELJON, Netherlands
15. PEACE DOOR | Itzhak Danziger, Israel