Atlante II

A human figure with two eyes and a deformed head raising an arm.
The name “Atlante” [Atlantean] comes from the pre-Hispanic columns with the shape of men, named in reference to the Greek myth of Atlas the Titan that sustains the world. The best known are “Tula Atlanteans”.
Heriberto Juárez was a visual artist of national and international renown. He sculpts, paints and engraves but is widely known because for his sculptures. Juárez work has pre-Hispanic influence and different forms of abstraction, using humans and animals as subjects of his work. Heriberto Juárez is the artist with more pieces in UDLAP Art Collection.