Mexico City's Sun Clock: A Visual Symphony

The Ruta de la Amistad sculpture corridor is a project that emerged within the framework of the 1968 Cultural Olympics in Mexico

By Patronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

Patronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

Grzegorz Kowalski (20th Century) by Manuel GarayPatronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

The Artist

Grzegorz Kowalski (1942) was born in Warsaw, Poland, and he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in that city. He participated in various Polish symposiums and international exhibitions.

Sundial under construction (20th Century) by Grzegorz KowalskiPatronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

Building the Station #10

In Sundial, a horizontal composition placed on a circular landscape predominates. Inside of it, seven cones of different shapes, some connected together like Siamese pieces, rise out.

Sundia under construction (20th Century) by Grzegorz KowalskiPatronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

Constructed of reinforced concrete standing 5 meters high, they are painted in different warm tones passing from yellow to orange, red and ocher.

Sundial completed (20th Century) by Grzegorz KowalskiPatronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

How the conical shapes play off one another creates a sensation of movement and contradictory forces for the spectator passing through the area.

Sundial completed (20th Century) by Grzegorz KowalskiPatronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

Sundial (20th Century) by Grzegorz KowalskiPatronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

The central cone, for its position, is the one that receives the full force of the sun.

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Location

Cloverleaf Interchange of Periférico and Insurgentes Sur, on Periférico North-South direction

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