The Total Destruction of the National Museum of Anthropology/Destrucción Total del Museo Nacional de Antropología

Symbolic Construction

Eduardo Abaroa, Kurimanzutto gallery
Mexico City.

Abaroa’s hypothetical proposal is simple: to destroy the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Advised by demolition experts, this controlled destruction would include the building’s architecture and all its contents: pre-Hispanic and ethnographic collections, auditorium, library, gift shop, warehouses, o ce buildings, and school.

TEXTS: Mariana Botey, Abraham Cruzvillegas, James Oles, Francisco Reyes Palma, Sandra Rozental, Daniel Garza Usabiaga.