Merida Day 29 - MACAY and thunderstorms

Well after walking our feet off yesterday we slept in (10am) and then did some laundry. I had looked up the artist who did the murals (not really, they are painted on canvas) at the Governors Palace and found there were some more examples of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Yucatan  Art (MACAY) so that's were we headed today. The entrance is in a lane beside the cathedral that is full of metal sculptures. I think I have posted pictures of them before.

The gallery rooms are actually in the top floor of this building beside the square

The Gallery is free and has a very pretty, jungle like courtyard.

The sculpture in the centre is an interesting contrast to the Cathedral next door.

We went through all the galleries. Many were temporary showings of contemporary artists. Too many abstract artists for my liking but some that I still enjoyed. One artist worked entirely in hand made paper and we found a very impressive woven abstract piece hanging in a stairwell, that engaged both George and I.

This was a sculpture gallery that we weren't able to get into but could see from above.
But I was there to see Pacheco's work and we found the room that held it. There were just 4 pieces. One was large, like the murals, and with the same violent theme.

The image on the right shows a man being killed by the plant that produces henequen (rope)

But the others had a different, more spiritual, peaceful feel.

We left the gallery and realised it had been raining and was still drizzling. Hugging the overhangs we walked the block to Restaurante Mary and had lunch, 2 cervesas with botanas, George had fried shrimp on salad and a side order of fries (good job I hadn't pointed out that section of the menu to him before) and I had fried fish, salad, rice and refried beans. It started to pour and thunder and lightning.

Watching the rain from our table

We had to order another 2 cervesas, so sad. One entrepreneurial man started selling sheets of plastic to use as rain coats.
The storm passed, rain stopped and we paid la cuenta and did some final souvenir buying in a very wet city.

Fabulous clouds following the storm

We had had a great deal of rain in a very short time and the gutters and drains were still dealing with it as we walked around and got a bus home. We came home to a flooded courtyard, as the drain was clogged with leaves, and a line of very wet laundry. We opted to leave it there, hoping it would dry eventually and as we don't have a clothes drier, not many other options.