Serpent Column, Auto-Sacrifice: column capitals and bases with vertabrae and feet
Columna serpiente, autosacrificio
- Collection
- Description
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Spring Hurlbut's work for inSITE97, "Columna serpiente, autosacrificio," was installed in the staircases of the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana. Hurlbut designed cast-plaster Greek columns covered in coiling serpents, and column bases holding pairs of skeletal feet. Referencing symbols of victimization and bloodshed from Mexican and Greek history and mythology, Hurlbut wished to use architecture to examine the development of civilization and territories around the border. --inSITE97
- Creation Date
- 1997
- Photographer
- Artist
- Sponsor
- Location Of Originals
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This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 159)
- Venue
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Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana
- Physical Description
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Plaster; bone (material)
- Series
- Geographic
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Format
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- Identifier
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Shared Shelf: 16715440
- Related Resource
Online finding aid
- Classification
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Sculpture and Installations
- Cite This Work
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[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Copyright
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Unknown (US)
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Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
- Last Modified
2020-10-28