Facundity
La Antorcha de la Amistad
"The Torch of Friendship"
This 65-foot orange lollipop of a monument is an abstract sculpture located the center of a traffic circle in Downtown San Antonio, Texas. It's yet another creation of Sebastian, the Mexican sculptor of UNAMITA . The tall form is quite striking. I enjoyed viewing it from many angles, although this view offered the best lighting at the time of my visit.
The bold artwork was presented as a gift from the Mexican government to the City of San Antonio in 2002. It is a symbol of cooperation and shared cultures. See how there are two lines that rise and become connected? I've read that the traffic circle where this was planted was formerly a location where prisoners, captured during the Battle of the Alamo, were executed.
America and Mexico share a complicated history, and a partnership story that is still unfolding though no less complex. I appreciate this big bold statement in a prominent urban landscape that testifies to our interconnectedness, or interconexión, as it is in Spanish.
La Antorcha de la Amistad
"The Torch of Friendship"
This 65-foot orange lollipop of a monument is an abstract sculpture located the center of a traffic circle in Downtown San Antonio, Texas. It's yet another creation of Sebastian, the Mexican sculptor of UNAMITA . The tall form is quite striking. I enjoyed viewing it from many angles, although this view offered the best lighting at the time of my visit.
The bold artwork was presented as a gift from the Mexican government to the City of San Antonio in 2002. It is a symbol of cooperation and shared cultures. See how there are two lines that rise and become connected? I've read that the traffic circle where this was planted was formerly a location where prisoners, captured during the Battle of the Alamo, were executed.
America and Mexico share a complicated history, and a partnership story that is still unfolding though no less complex. I appreciate this big bold statement in a prominent urban landscape that testifies to our interconnectedness, or interconexión, as it is in Spanish.