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La Puerta Del Sol Chihuahua sculpture

La Puerta Del Sol Chihuahua
La Puerta Del Sol, translated as The Door Of The Sun is one of the biggest sculptures in Chihuahua, it is also known as The Door Of The Obelisks. In Chihuahua there is a big variety of sculptures and monuments to people or some are just art all around the city, La Puerta Del Sol is one of the most characteristic sculptures of Chihuahua, located at Periferico de la Juvendtud and Circuito Universitario avenues. It It was made by Enrique Carbajal in 1998. He is also known as Sebastian, that is his artistic name. Sebastian is an artist from Camargo, Chihuahua (state). In this sculpture Sebastian represented the shape of T of the doors in Paquime, Chihuahua; Paquime is an ancient cultural spot in Chihuahua full of ruins.

The Shape
The sculpture is made out of pure metal and it has a significant volume, producing some shadows in the insides of the figure. It is 35 meters tall and 16 meters width. The simplicity of the sculpture as a rectangle plays a role in the presence of the Sun, because it produces a shadow with different angles depending on the time of the day and the season of the year. It has two viewing angles, either facing front or back of the sculpture, from East to West or vice-versa. The light of the Sun is visible through the door at the moment when the Sun is banishing during the afternoon.

Problems of the sculpture
The problems that the sculpture suffers from are the vandalism and the corrosion of the white paint. There are some graffities that are made sporadically at the bottom of the sculpture. These are banished soon because of the government's maintenance of the sculpture. This also involves that the sculpture is re-painted occasionally to preserve its clear white.