Portale by Paz de la Calzada
Artist Paz de la Calzada created Portale (2018) specifically for the Kalmanovitz Hall atrium.
Dated 1175-1200, the Romanesque portal featuring Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge was originally from the Chapel of the Penitents in Northern Italy. It was a gift of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and placed in the atrium during a 2008 renovation.
In Portale, de la Calzada uses two distinct patterns cut from gaudy, repurposed carpets from hotels and casinos to form a path through the portal. At the entrance, the design references tiles from a basilica in Northern Italy where the portal originated. The pattern on the other side draws from the ceiling of San Francisco’s Mission Dolores Basilica featuring an indigenous design painted by the Ohlone people who were imprisoned at the mission.
Portale reminds viewers of the dynamics between culture and power, past and present.
Portale by Paz de la Calzada
Artist Paz de la Calzada created Portale (2018) specifically for the Kalmanovitz Hall atrium.
Dated 1175-1200, the Romanesque portal featuring Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge was originally from the Chapel of the Penitents in Northern Italy. It was a gift of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and placed in the atrium during a 2008 renovation.
In Portale, de la Calzada uses two distinct patterns cut from gaudy, repurposed carpets from hotels and casinos to form a path through the portal. At the entrance, the design references tiles from a basilica in Northern Italy where the portal originated. The pattern on the other side draws from the ceiling of San Francisco’s Mission Dolores Basilica featuring an indigenous design painted by the Ohlone people who were imprisoned at the mission.
Portale reminds viewers of the dynamics between culture and power, past and present.