Created and Sold by Mike Mandel

Architectural Records
Item details
Item details
1 inch ceramic and glass tile
Two murals 32’ x 36’
Two pillars 32’ x 11’
$180,000 Architectural Records
This wall design emphasizes a photographic illusion. A person is photographed holding a book open to a page of Mission San Jose that seems to be casting a shadow over a backdrop of the San Antonio. At the close of the 19th century, San Antonio’s early mix of colonial-Mexican-Old West inspired architecture was considered unique and out of the mainstream during the push for American modernity characterized by eastern and midwestern cities.
And so, this design counterpoints mission architecture with the San Antonio to come. The right hand page of the book will have an image of the building that one is standing within at UTSA, suggesting the viewer’s participation in an ongoing architectural dialogue.
Two murals 32’ x 36’
Two pillars 32’ x 11’
$180,000 Architectural Records
This wall design emphasizes a photographic illusion. A person is photographed holding a book open to a page of Mission San Jose that seems to be casting a shadow over a backdrop of the San Antonio. At the close of the 19th century, San Antonio’s early mix of colonial-Mexican-Old West inspired architecture was considered unique and out of the mainstream during the push for American modernity characterized by eastern and midwestern cities.
And so, this design counterpoints mission architecture with the San Antonio to come. The right hand page of the book will have an image of the building that one is standing within at UTSA, suggesting the viewer’s participation in an ongoing architectural dialogue.
Context & Credits
Context & Credits
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