Carlos Merida’s mural at HemiFair Park may well be San Antonio’s first public Mexican modern art piece [Fig. 1*]. In Mexican Modern Art, critic Fausto Ramirez linked Merida’s fascination with the indigenous fabrics of his native Guatemala to his modern creative designs found in paintings similar to that at HemiFair Park. Merida was born in Guatemala but lived most of his life in Mexico City.
Jesse Amado: A Latino Conceptual Artist
Jesse Amado: A Latino Conceptual Artist
Jesse Amado: A Latino Conceptual Artist
Carlos Merida’s mural at HemiFair Park may well be San Antonio’s first public Mexican modern art piece [Fig. 1*]. In Mexican Modern Art, critic Fausto Ramirez linked Merida’s fascination with the indigenous fabrics of his native Guatemala to his modern creative designs found in paintings similar to that at HemiFair Park. Merida was born in Guatemala but lived most of his life in Mexico City.