Shark in Spiral (Spiral Shark), Jose Ramiz Barquet

Shark in Spiral (Spiral Shark), Jose Ramiz Barquet

Another one of Ramiz Barquet’s recognizable sculptures, this one is found in the romantic zone by the sea at the end of the street called Púlpito.

Barquet sculpted this piece to honor the shark as a creature, which he saw as one of the most perfect on Earth, both physically and in terms of efficiency and precision, in Barquet’s words, “a truly virtuous animal”.

He playfully christened the shark Casper Cazón, after his friend, his “compadre”, don Gaspar Elizondo, who shortly after this honor, passed away.

Spiral Shark (Tiburón en Espiral) José Ramiz Barquet

Spiral Shark (Tiburón en Espiral) 1996, Jose Ramiz Barquet

Where is the sculpture?

The sculpture is located in the Romantic Zone (Old Vallarta), where calle Púlpito meets Los Muertos beach in a small plaza called “Plazuela Los Muertos”, which was built by the restaurants La Palapa and El Dorado together with the Asociación de Vecinos de la Colonia Emiliano Zapata and was inaugurated on November 1996.

In this sculpture, Ramiz Barquet honors the shark, reminding us that not all things are as they seem.

Author: M. A. Gallardo

Last Updated on 20/09/2021 by Puerto Vallarta Net