Catrina is installed on the wall of a hotel in Mexico City

A 225-square-meter mural, depicting the figure of a Catrina, was captured on the wall of a hotel located on Central Reforma Avenue in Mexico City to give life to a "life". street art

In this work, which pays tribute to great Mexican muralists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera, the technique of 2D and 3D painting was used in the genre "streetpainting" . 19659003] The work, entitled "The Tree of Life", incorporates a set of celebrations and shows death as a part of life through a joyous proposal, full of colors, flavors and textures with elements mexicans, and heart The life and structure of the emerging tree of La Catrina

The Catrina is the figure of a luxuriously dressed female skeleton that has emerged from the imagination of the world. artist José Guadalupe Posada, who drew it in the early 20th century, and was baptized his colleague Di ego Rivera

For two weeks, with 12-hour days, Mexican artists Adry del Rocío and Carlos Alberto GH, as well as Dutch Rubén Poncia, members of the collective ADN, challenged the gravity by working on a crane to let their blows on the blocks of the visible wall of the hotel.

"At the beginning of the work, it scared us, especially since in the highest part the crane was weaker." In the afternoon, there was a lot of wind, but was enough to get used to painting with the movement, "says Adry to Efe [19659007] The artist says that large format art is usually done on the walls or on the floor. from a sketch not to get lost in the dimensions.

"At each break, we would get off the crane and go to see how the painting was going and the hotel blocks were a reference to avoid getting lost in the line. "

She said that she and her brother Carlos began to paint with paint directly on the wall" freehand "and considered that the work that they were developing was "very simple."

During her work and from the first shots, the three artists – Poncia is her husband – received the support passersby, who shouted to them that they applauded or refreshed them by giving them water.

"Mexico has given the world this tradition of muralism.I personally admire the big three but especially Orozco.They have greatly influenced our work," Adry said.

He explained that there is currently a boom in street art around the world and that Mexico is no stranger to it, and being part of this movement makes it proud . ] "Filling colors with spaces changes people's routines and consumes that art makes us more human.When you are a pedestrian, you do not expect to find a work of art, this causes the surprise and, at least for a second, it changes the lives of people. "

The mural, with 15 meters base and the same height, located in the Fontan Hotel of the Historic Center, is part of The Catrina Fest, which has its highest point in the celebration of the Day of the Dead, which will take place on November 1st and 2nd in the Mexican capital.