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The long sculpture tradition of public sculpture in Mexico is a living testimony of the processes of social and artistic transformation. "Monumental. Public Dimension of Sculpture", an exhibition presented at the Museum of Modern Art, and covered in this publication, offers an incisive look at how this genre has been fundamental in the construction of the public, in its broadest sense: both in our way of inhabiting a shared space as that which identifies us in a specific cultural and historical moment. The show includes works that date between 1927 and 1979, bringing together relevant Mexican visual artists such as Francisco Zuñiga, Juan O'Gorman, Geles Cabrera, Margarita Nelken, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Legoretta, Jorge Gonzaslez Camarena, Romulo Rozo, Luis Barragán and Mathias Goeritz.