Esoteric Survey

Torres de Satélite ("Satellite Towers"),  located in Ciudad Satélite, a northern suburb of Mexico City. I stopped on my way back from San Cristobal . The concept was developed by Luis Barragán and Mathias Goeritz (both pictured), with inspiration from painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira. Completed in 1958, the monument was a symbol of modernity for Ciudad Satélite, a new upper-middle class master planned community outside of Mexico City. The plan for Satélite, as it's usually called, was designed by Mario Pani and José Luis Cuevas. Source: laguiainmobiliaria The tallest tower is 650 feet. A photo of the towers is in Luis Barragan's home studio .

Geles Cabrera, the first sculptor of Mexico at El Eco  in Mexico City. The exhibition was curated by Pedro Reyes .  Now 92, Geles had her first show in 1948 and is credited as being the first woman in Mexico to be a professional sculptor. She had an exhibition at this very space in 1957. More information on the exhibition can be found  here .  An exhibition by artist Ivan Krassoievitch was located upstairs. Museo Experimental El Eco was designed by Mathias Goeritz in 1953.

Butaca Chair (1940)  by William  Spratling.  Chest by Elizabeth Jane Colter for the Fred Harvey Corporation. The chest was was used in the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona. They are being exhibited in  Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985   at LACMA is part of PST: LALA .  The exhibition examines  design dialogues between California and Mexico. This includes Americans working in Mexico, Mexicans working in California and the cultural influences and exchanges between the two.    Frank Kyle chair from his Willow series (1953). Kyle was American, but worked in Mexico City. The Peineta chair (1952) by Canadian-born designer, Edmund Spence. He worked mostly in the United States, but for a time his furniture was produced by  Industria Mueblera S.A. of Mexico. Michael van Beuren , Don Shoemaker and Clara Porset all moved to Mexico from their respective countries. Van  Beuren and Shoemaker cam...

Museo de Arte Moderno (1964) by architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez The view from above, 1960s. Source: Museo de Arte Moderno There was a small exhibition of Mexican Modernism at the same time the Don Shoemaker exhibition was happening.  1950s iron table by Talleres Chacón Cube lamb by Diego Matthai, 1971 Gustavo Perez Enamels by Miguel Pineda Mosaic table by Genaro Álvarez A sculpture garden wraps around the museum. Manuel  Felguérez Mathias Goeritz, 1953 Kazuya Sakai Casa Aztecalita by Juan José Díaz Infante was getting a little makeover. The restoration was funded by Pemex. Juan José Díaz Infante created the structure in 1967 as a pre-fab solution to the housing crisis in Mexico. He was influenced by a trip to Disneyland a few years prior. The house was installed at the museum in 1967 as part of an exhibition, Man and Plastic. It's been there ever sin...