Sails Project: general view of Santa Fe train station with facade

After a visit to California, Cuban artist Jose Bedia proposed to address the subject of cultural mythology and modes of transportation in his installation "Sails Project/Proyecto de velas para navegar." Covering the entrance façade of the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego with large yellow sails displaying silhouettes of mythological figures, Bedia's piece explored issues of Colonization and the subjugation and preservation of culture. Incorporating the names of Native American tribes and John Henry, it touched on California's past and in turn brought about a consideration of the confluence of cultures between Mexico and the US. --inSITE94

• 1994

• Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)

• Bedia Valdés, José (Cuban painter and installation artist, born 1959)

• InSITE94

• Troupe, Margaret Porter (American writer)

This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 041)

Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.)

acrylic paint on canvas

• InSITE94

• Mexican-American border region

• Murals (any medium)
• Public art

• Architecture (object genre)
• Border art
• Colonization
• Façades
• Mythology
• Silhouettes
• Transportation buildings

• image

Shared Shelf: 16715322

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• inSite Archive

Architecture and City Planning

Sculpture and Installations

[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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