The Guadalajara Reporter

Muralist takes brush to new work honoring city’s great benefactor

Celebrated Guadalajara muralist Jorge Monroy is working on a gigantic mural that will grace the new wing of the Hospital Civil Viejo and depict its distinguished history.

Monroy joined the ranks of esteemed Mexican muralists with “Under the Wings of Mercury,” an extraordinary painting dominating the foyer of the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce. This was followed by a mural on a 30-meter-long curving wall welcoming visitors to the Interactive Museum at the Guachimontones archaeological site. Most recently, he completed “Tlaloc Reigns Over Chapala” for the Jalisco State Water Commission building in Chapala.

Monroy says he is creating his latest work in “an extraordinary place.”  The site is a stairwell of gigantic proportions that would be impressive even without a mural alongside it. A circular concrete ramp, resembling an endless ribbon floating in the air, allows visitors, wheelchairs or gurneys to move from floor to floor with a full view of the mural, which will be about 16 meters high and ten meters wide.

“The painting will have excellent natural lighting,” says Monroy. “Unlike many other tall murals, this one is not meant to be seen only from the bottom. It will be visible from above and can be viewed horizontally from any point on the spiral ramp and from every floor of the new hospital.”

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