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Coatlicue, A/P
title Coatlicue, A/Pdescription The artist proof print was created at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City during an artist fellowship. Coatlicue emerges from the maguey. The black ink print allows the artist to approve the image in preparation for the final work. Lithography. Dimensions of image: 17 ¼" x 11 ¼"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Prints Coatlicue (Aztec deity) Maguey Production process Artist proofs Chicana art Tejana art Aztecs Serpents in artcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Coatlicue
title Coatlicuedescription The artist proof print was created at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City during an artist fellowship. Coatlicue emerges from the maguey. To save costs during production, the artist used the back side of the paper to test the green maguey, and the color bleeds through the image. Lithography. Dimensions of image: 17 ¼" x 11 ¼"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Prints Coatlicue (Aztec deity) Maguey Production process Artist proofs Chicana art Tejana art Aztecs Serpents in artcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Retablo Codex Mural, Eye of God design
title Retablo Codex Mural, Eye of God designdescription This drawing of the Eye of God is a design for the Retablo Codex Mural's frame at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Ink on drawing paper. Dimensions: 6" x 11 ⅜"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Drawings Eye of God Ojo de Dios Patterns Mural art Retablo Codex Mural Texas--San Antonio Chicana art Tejana art Indigeneity Production processcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Retablo Codex Mural, rabbit detail
title Retablo Codex Mural, rabbit detaildescription This drawing specifies the design for a section of the frame of the Retablo Codex Mural at the University of Texas, San Antonio. The rabbit represents the moon or Coyolxauhqui, the moon goddess. The concentric circle represents a rain drop. Ink on vellum. Dimensions: 6" x 11 ½"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Rabbits Circles Concentric patterns Chicana art Tejana art Drawings Hieroglyphs Retablo Codex Mural Mural art Indigeneity Texas--San Antonio Codices Production processcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Retablo Codex Mural, star detail
title Retablo Codex Mural, star detaildescription This drawing is the design for a section of the frame for the Retablo Codex Mural at the University of Texas, San Antonio. It combines the star and sun hieroglyphs with the Eye of God, all of which the artist appropriated from codices. Ink on vellum. Dimensions: 6" x 9"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Sun Stars Codices Hieroglyphs Chicana art Tejana art Drawings Eye of God Ojo de Dios Retablo Codex Mural Mural art Indigeneity Texas--San Antonio Production processcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Retablo Codex Mural, working technical and architectural drawing of metal surface for painting
title Retablo Codex Mural, working technical and architectural drawing of metal surface for paintingdescription This working drawing is essential for the modeling of the Retablo Codex Mural and its frame since the selected wall is curved. The mural is located at the University of Texas, San Antonio, Biosciences Building. Created for the fabricator, the drawing details the radius and other measurements critical for the mural. Graphite drafting pencil on Bristol drawing paper. Dimensions: 8 ½" x 11"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Drawings Technical drawings Architectural drawings Murals Retablo Codex Mural Chicana art Tejana art Production process Texas--San Antoniocontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Ollin Rotunda Mural Prototype I Painting
title Ollin Rotunda Mural Prototype I Paintingdescription This painting is the selected prototype for the Ollin Rotunda Mural at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Satisfying the requirements of the commission, the design conveys three components: Texas history, Indigenous history, and science. The central image is the ollin symbol, an ancient Aztec hieroglyph heralding movement and change. It is surrounded by the seven caves, Chicomoztoc, the place of Aztec origins as depicted in the codices. The composition of the seven caves also resembles an abstracted rendering of the dendrites in the human brain. The blue field contains neurons and engrams of the brain. For the scientists who selected the artist's design, the dotted patterns on the surface of the blue field resemble DNA. The concept for the ochre yellow band is derived from ancient Indigenous pictographs at Monte Albán and Maya disks used in the ball courts. This final outer ring includes symbols that represent the Pecos River area that borders Texas and Mexico. The colors are inspired by multiple sources, including colors of the Maya manuscript known as the Dresden Codex and ceramics from colonial Puebla, Mexico. Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 20" x 20"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Paintings Chicana art Tejana art Indigeneity Hieroglyphs Ollin Chicomoztoc Science Symbols Borderlands Frontera Texas--Pecos River Human body Abstraction Appropriation Color Production process Mural art Texas--San Antonio Maps Caves Postmodernismcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Ollin Rotunda Mural Prototype II Painting
title Ollin Rotunda Mural Prototype II Paintingdescription This painting was the second prototype for the Ollin Rotunda Mural at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Tonalli, or spirit, is the central symbol, and the water symbol from Mesoamerican art surrounds the seven caves, Chicomoztoc, the place of Aztec origins as depicted in the codices. Pictographs embellish the outer circle. Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 20" x 20"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Paintings Chicana art Tejana art Indigeneity Hieroglyphs Ollin Chicomoztoc Science Symbols Borderlands Frontera Texas--Pecos River Human body Abstraction Appropriation Color Production process Mural art Texas--San Antonio Maps Caves Postmodernismcontributor Santa C. Barraza -
Ollin Rotunda Mural Drawing
title Ollin Rotunda Mural Drawingdescription This preparatory drawing for the Ollin Rotunda Mural at the University of Texas, San Antonio conveys each of the requirements noted in the call for proposals: Texas history, Indigenous history, and science. The central image is the ollin symbol, the Aztec hieroglyph indicating movement and change. It is surrounded by the seven caves, Chicomoztoc, the place of Aztec origins as depicted in the codices. The design of the seven caves also resembles an abstracted rendering of the human dendrites. The field surrounding the seven caves contains neurons and engrams of the brains. The final outer ring includes symbols representing the Pecos River area that borders Texas and Mexico. Pencil and ink on paper. Dimensions: 16" x 16"artist/creator Barraza, Santasubject Murals Chicana art Tejana art Indigeneity Hieroglyphs Ollin Chicomoztoc Science Symbols Borderlands Frontera Texas--Pecos River Human body Abstraction Appropriation Production process Mural art Texas--San Antonio Maps Caves Drawings Postmodernismcontributor Santa C. Barraza