Guerrero Chimalli
Guerrero Chimalli is an outdoor steel sculpture by Enrique "Sebastián" Carbajal, installed along Bordo de Xochiaca Avenue, in Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico. It is a artwork that depicts an Indigenous warrior holding a Chīmalli and a mace. The plinth serves as a museum and the sculpture has an observation deck. Excluding their plinths, it is slightly taller than the Statue of Liberty, in the United States.
History and description
The sculpture of Guerrero Chimalli is a tall red Aztec warrior that holds a Chīmalli and a mace. It was created by Enrique "Sebastián" Carbajal. The sculpture itself weighs around, but the concrete plinth and the 65 piles that support them increase the height to and the weight to. Due to its height and color, the sculpture can be seen throughout Chimalhuacán and in adjacent zones.Its construction started during the 2009–2012 municipal administration. It is composed of 33 welded steel pieces painted with red polyurethane paint. The artwork cost US$2.4 million. Additionally, the government remodeled the median strip where it lies; they added a fountain, bridges and trees. These additional works cost $1.4 million.
The sculpture was inaugurated on 13 December 2014. It was dedicated to the Tenochcas that defended Tenochtitlan during the Fall of Tenochtitlan. The sculpture has an observation deck at its arm. It is long, high and it is connected to the base with a staircase composed of 250 steps and an elevator.
Sebastián described his work as "an exceptional, attractive and emotional colossus" whose purpose is "to promote the spirit, to understand what we are and to proceed as a society with a modern and universal mentality".