Dangling high over the ocean, looking out to Puerto Vallarta, we are allowed an opportunity to take it all in; the array of greens that coat the mountains casually sink down and over a quaint town of white and terracotta rooftops. Surveying the scene, we happen upon an anomaly of sorts; a twelve-ton whale, hovering in place at the entrance of
“Vallarta’s Whale”, sculpted by Octavio Gonzalez, was born solely from observation and imagination. Said one Gonzalez’s students, “Master Octavio has a tape measure in his eyes, lead in his forehead, and volume in his hands.” The weight of the bronzed whale rests on a point whose surface measures less than one square meter; a homage to women as an essential point of balance in the family and a monumental signifier of Puerto Vallarta’s bustling art scene. (more…)
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