Ceramic Fiesta Building
NameSculpture
Maker
Candelario Medrano
(1918 - 1986)
Datec. 1960-1980
Place madeMexico, North America
MediumWire reinforced clay and paint
Dimensions15 × 16 in. (38.1 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1931V
Object numberA.1995.93.1931V
DescriptionA brightly colored circular structure is broken into separate rooms or "stalls". Men, women and children walk throughout and mingle with the livestock which includes bulls, horses, cows and a giraffe. There is also a figure of a man (on all fours) who is dressed in black, and has a tail. There are six flags waving from the roof. Some are irregular in shape but are painted in tricolors (similar to the Mexican flag). Over the entrance to the building is a tablet with a flag, behind which a person sits. A few other figures walk on the roof, and on top of one of the two spires sits a large megaphone; wire-reinforced clay and paint; hand molded and painted.
