For this week, I will be covering the artist Mathias Goeritz. Goeritz was a sculptor, painter, and architect of German origin who immigrated to Mexico in the 1940’s where he was recognized as an abstract artist after his arrival. Goeritz integrated abstract forms into religious and civic structures which made a transformative impact on mid-century Mexican art and design. He founded the movement of emotional architecture and created massive concrete sculptures which established the conjunction of light, water, and color to highlight the senses and create new atmospheres. The purpose of these works were to incite sensations in the viewer through the use of space, shapes, and volume. Goeritz surpassed the emotionally practical and functional purpose of form by approaching his work with the relationship between art and spirituality in mind. Goeritz was commissioned to create a local entrepreneur’s vision of a cultural space for private purposes. Goeritz made this vision come to life by suppressing function and rationality which was unlike architecture and design at the time. The name for it was called “El Eco” and is considered a cornerstone in the modern art scene of Mexico. The last image I included is of his sketch of the space.