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The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriquez
Texas A&M University Press
April 2008
On Sale: April 1, 2008
152 pages
ISBN: 1585446106
EAN: 9781585446100
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Over a period of some twenty years, Mexican-born artisan
Dionicio Rodríguez created imaginative sculptures of
reinforced concrete that imitated the natural forms and
textures of trees and rocks. He worked in eight different
states from 1924 through the early 1950s but spent much of
his early career in San Antonio, where several of his
creations have become beloved landmarks. More than a dozen
of Rodríguez's works have been included on the National
Register of Historic Places. Patsy Pittman Light has spent a decade documenting the
trabajo rústico ("rustic work") of Rodríguez, along with its
antecedents in Europe and Mexico, and the subsequent work of
those Rodríguez trained in San Antonio. Rodríguez's unique
and unusual art will fascinate those new to it and delight
those to whom it is familiar. San Antonio sites such as the bus stop on Broadway, the faux
bois bridge in Brackenridge Park, and the "rocks" on the
Miraflores Gate at the San Antonio Museum of Art, along with
the Old Mill at T. R. Pugh Memorial Park in North Little
Rock and Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, are just a few
of the locations covered in this volume celebrating the life
and work of a Latino artisan. Students and devotees of Texas and Southwestern art will
welcome this book and its long-overdue appreciation of this
artist. Additionally, this book will commend itself to those
interested in Latino studies, art history, and folklore.
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