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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

New Little Village sculpture celebrates arriving immigrants: ‘We underestimate how courageous people are’

Salvador Jiménez-Flores, who created “Caminantes,” a 9-foot sculpture that commemorates migrants and their migration journey through the symbolism of feet and cacti, stands beside his sculpture at Manuel Perez Jr. Plaza in the Little Village neighborhood, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A wayfaring sculpture, 9-feet tall with shining bronze feet that give way to a nopal-green, cactus-shaped body, landed in Little Village on Friday.

The piece, named “Caminantes” (Spanish for “wayfarers”), is by Chicago-based artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores and was unveiled Friday in Manuel Pérez Jr. Memorial Plaza on the 4300 block of West 26th Street.

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