Mexican Murals - Corn, the Concrete Breaker [CCC's Street Art Conte...

Another week has passed, and it's time to submit another mural for the 45th CCC's Street-Art Contest. Unlike last week, I've got a super fresh new mural to present, which appeared literally the other day, and only a couple of blocks from where I live. Its exact location is Gob. Manuel Reyes Vermandi street, just across from Antonio Diez de Bonilla, officially still in the San Miguel Chapultepec neighborhood, but practically in Tacubaya. The only unfortunate part about it, is that it's inside a private parking area, behind a fence. So in order to really see it, one would have to stick their phone through the bars and take a picture.

After accomplishing this feat, this is what the image looks like: It's quite a cool mural, showing lots of typical Mexican imagery, such as our two volcanoes (which are also part of my profile background), the valley of Mexico with lots of water, being poured by a prehispanic goddess, a family of campesinos outside their adobe house, a solar eclipse, and of course the corn, growing proudly in the center of the picture.

Most noteworthy are the chunks of concrete framing the entire image. They seem to breaking out of the building this entire mural is painted on. On the bottom of the painting, it seems like the water is helping the corn break up all the concrete, which by now covers most of this valley. This seems to be a common fantasy of the locals, despite the fact that they are pouring more and more concrete each year.

A panel to the right of this mural (maybe a closed off doorway) has been painted with lots of information about this mural. The date it was completed is 6-16-21, just over a week ago. The artist is known as El Nuke, who happens to have an excellent online presence, so go ahead and check it out. The work's title is "Maíz Rompiendo Cemento" which means Corn Breaking Cement.