Franco House Floor (Perspective Study I) / Piso Casa Franco (Estudio de perspectiva I)

For this mural and related drawings, artist Jorge Méndez Blake studied a house in Guadalajara designed by Luis Barragán, one of the most revered architects of the twentieth century who was born in that city. At Casa Franco, Méndez Blake homed in on the checkerboard floor. The artist’s process of translation—of floor pattern to drawings and wall mural—reflects his skill in subtly shifting margins to the center.

Courtesy of the artist and Travesía Cuatro.