"Most likely" the works of Artz Pedregal are undamaged, says Blanca González

CITY OF MEXICO (apro) .- After the collapse occurred this morning in Artz Pedregal, "most likely" the works of artists like Abraham Cruzvillegas, Daniel Buren, Tania Candiani and Ai Weiwei were not damaged which are displayed inside the square, according to columnist Blanca González Rosas.

González Rosas, expert in the unique site that combines commerce and art, told this agency that the exhibits are inside and in a zone area far from the collapse .

González, who visited the square after its inauguration on March 8 by the then head of government, Miguel Ángel Mancera, published the column "Artz Pegregal: More of the same" on April 10, referenced in which it houses Autoconfusión of Cruzvillegas, a piece of the series Laberintos of the French Daniel Buren, a sound kiosk by Tania Candiani, and the installation of bicycles of gold Forever by Ai Weiwei.

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"Since I visited it, it seemed to me that it did not achieve its purpose by seeking to combine the. public art in an "urban bubble", The reality seems to me to be an attack against the cultural and ecological heritage of Pedregal de San Ángel

"They sought to imitate the coexistence between urban space and urban art, but in a bubble commercial where we cross the streets of Daniel. Buren or Ai Weiwei. But we must not forget that the Pedregal is a space with its own culture, has an ecological reserve and there is not much in the city, it has a very relevant urban and architectural history, and that it is very important. a shopping center was not appropriate.

According to his column, published in the 2162 issue of the weekly, the project, ostentatious and repetitive did not bring anything new to the Mexican Fair Trade Line:

"Without being totally finished and busy, the mall was opened presenting a disillusional sculptural installation on the water and non pbadable of Buren, and the pieces of Candiani and Ai Weiwei who flank what could be the most attractive of the project: a space of enormous dimensions where the art will be exposed and of which, until April 4, Artz had not informed about his concept, the property and the operation. "

For its part, Isabel Leñero , art critic in proceso.com referred in his column "Visual Arts / Today" on March 22nd as well as the play Laberintos by Daniel Buren, which according to him does not work not in this space:

"The work, with its stripes of different t wings, integrates with the visual surface and the architectural space of a commercial place, and not with an urban space capable of giving it its place. Its reading is therefore difficult to badess, since it is badimilated to the information of brands and companies, for which it asks the following questions: "The shopping arcades will they now be the new galleries of the future? privatization of the public space? "

Artz Pedregal, developed by the group Sordo Magdaleno and described as a" contemporary architecture group "that promises to be" the new icon of southern Mexico ", took three years of work in a country of 50 thousand square meters, and was inaugurated even without functioning in its entirety.

Several curious recorded the moment of collapse, and their videos were reproduced on the Internet.