GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON

 

LA BENDICION


2001-2004

Overtown, Florida


“La Bendicion” involved the creation of an eighty percent scale reproduction of Le Corbusier's masterpiece the “Villa Savoye,” under Interstate 395 in downtown Miami, Florida.

The sculpture called into question the goals of modernism by juxtaposing the Villa Savoye, the quintessential modern home, with the harsh realities of the blight-ridden area under interstate I-395. The vicinity under the I-395 freeway where “The Blessing / La Bendicion” was located is infamous for prostitution and the panhandling of crack-cocaine and heroin. The installation remained lit every day from sunset to sunrise for three years. The only damage that ever came to the structure was due to the hurricanes and tropical storms that frequent South Florida.

References:
Urban plan of Paris, by Barron Haussmann / Federal Interstate Highway Act, signed by president Dwight D. Eisenhower / Le Corbusier’s urban plan for Ville Contemporaine

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IMAGE CREDIT:

  1. 1)The Villa Savoye, Poissey France Le Corbusier Architect 1927-1929

  2. 2)VIDEO: of sculpture under I-395

  3. 3)Installation shot with locals, Overtown, Florida

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5) Installation shot under I-395

7)  Installation of working drawings and maquette, MAC-Miami Art Central / Ella CIsneros Collection

6) Installation Shot with Eddie

  1. 4)Installation shot with Eddie.