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The City of El Paso's public art brochure lists Aguacero as a 45-foot abstract steel sculpture by Mexican sculptor Sebastian (Enrique Carbajal González), commissioned as a welcoming gateway for northbound commuters, at South Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso.
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Aguacero 45-foot steel sculpture (Sebastian)
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Site-level location · 31.7590° N, 106.4870° W
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Aguacero, Spanish for downpour or cloudburst, is a large abstract steel sculpture by the Mexican sculptor known as Sebastian, whose full name is Enrique Carbajal González. The City of El Paso's public art brochure lists it at South Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso, in fabricated and painted steel, 45 by 25 feet. It says the piece was commissioned as a welcoming gateway for commuters travelling northbound into El Paso, and that its outlines are those of storm clouds, which in the desert release their rain as soon as they appear.
An El Paso Museum of History record on the Digie community archive says it was installed at the U.S. end of the international bridge just off Santa Fe Street, and notes that Sebastian is best known for monumental works of steel and concrete. A Digie community-archive entry uploaded by the Consulate General of Mexico says a bronze scale version, 30 by 19 by 10 inches, was exhibited in 2016 in "Knot the Art of Sebastian".
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According to the City of El Paso's public art brochure, a 45-foot abstract steel sculpture beside the Paso del Norte port of entry on South Santa Fe Street, meant as a gateway for northbound commuters.
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South Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso, next to the Paso del Norte Port of Entry, at the U.S. end of the international bridge, according to the city's public art brochure and the El Paso Museum of History.
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