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Title
Abstract Series of Columns in Chicano Park
Creator
Torres, Salvador, Artist
Contributor
Torres, Salvador, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1976
1976-01-01
1976-12-31
Publication Information
California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
Torres (Salvador Roberto) papers
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description
"Salvador Torres experiments with OP Art in 1965. The colonnades of the bridge structure provide Salvador Torres with a variety of views that Salvador Torres relates to optical experiences of shape, linear, and light and dark rhythmic patterns that make up Salvador Torres' visions of this orthotropic bridge structure. In order for Salvador Torres to understand the Monumental Mural concept of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge, Salvador Torres has had to dissect, abstract, and visualize its unique three dimensional properties. One has to see the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge at night! An outstanding image of waterfront silhouettes, bridge lights sparkling off the bay ocean, and images of ghostly dark images of cavernous arches. Salvador Torres visualizes these monumental columns with artificial lighting powered by solar and wind power energy to light the mural designs on the columns sites." Salvador Torres
The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Salvador Roberto Torres c/o California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Library – CEMA, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106 Phone: (805) 893-8563 E-mail: cema@library.ucsb.edu
Type
image
Form/Genre
35mm slide
Murals
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb600009n2
CEMA 38
Language
English
Subject
Art, Abstract
Chicano art
Chicanos
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Mural Art
Place
San Diego (Calif.)

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