Polyforum Siqueiros

Colonia del Valle & Napoles

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	Product of the asociation between Manuel Su�rez, a millionaire mecenas and David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of the most important mexican artist of the 20th Century, this magnificent cultural centre is the masterpiece of the world famous mexican muralism movement.
	The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros spout from the idea of Manuel Su�rez, an important business leader interested in the art, of create, in the place where was located the Lama Park, a big urban centre that included a first class hotel, a convention center and a cultural centre that becames in one of the major turistic attractions of Mexico City. Because of that he invited a prestigious mexican muralist, David Alfaro Siqueiros to work in the project of the cultural center and the artist designed a original eliptical building that was going to be totally cover by murals, becoming that construction into the plastic work and giving place to spaces for theatrical representations, events forums and halls for artistic expositions.

In the interior of this magnificent construction is located the majestic mural called "La Marcha de la Humanidad"("The march of the Humanity") also known as the"Capilla Siqueiros" that is the biggest mural of the world. This work is in the 2nd floor of the building in a big eliptic forum in where all the walls are covered by images and symbols that tell us the Humanity's History, since its creation to the our days and the future. In this place we can feel that we are inside the mural, because it is integrated by big relief shapes that in addition to the light effects create a tridimentional aspect that no has end, because the different parts of the mural follow a vital cycle, of dead and renaissence, of construction and life.

Also during the weekends is realizated in this place a excellent light and sound spectacle that describes the meaning of the mural as soon as its anecdotes that makes us revalorate this important artistic treasure where also are presented during all the year theater works for all the publics and some temporary expositions. The Polyforum Siqueiros is located in Insurgentes Avenue in the corner with Filadelfia street, inside the World Trade Center complex. www.polyforumsiqueiros.com Neighborhood: Colonia del Valle & Napoles