Mathias Goeritz was a German-born Mexican artist, architect, and theorist whose influence helped shape the course of modern art and design in postwar Latin America. After arriving in Mexico in 1949, he became a pivotal figure in merging sculpture, architecture, and spiritual expression into a singular, multidisciplinary practice.

His legacy includes the Torres de Satélite (1958), co-designed with Luis Barragán — a landmark of Mexican modernism — and Museo Experimental El Eco (1953), a living manifesto of his concept of “emotional architecture.” With works like Torso and Animal Herido, Goeritz continually challenged the boundaries between object, space, and feeling. His vision was not just formal — it was deeply human, poetic, and spatially profound.