Become a Member

Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Artwork

Advanced Search
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with The Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fun…
Biblioteca no. 3
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with The Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund.
Contact us at copyright@samuseum.org for rights and reproduction of this image. © Carlos Rosales-Silva

Biblioteca no. 3

Artist Carlos Rosales-Silva (American, born 1982)
DepartmentContemporary Art
Date2022
MediumSand and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel
Dimensions40 × 34 in. (101.6 × 86.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with The Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2024.4
Copyright© Carlos Rosales-Silva
DescriptionBrightly colored abstract painting with a highly textured surface. The central image is comprised of hybrid geometric and organic forms in red and pink hues against two tones of blue. The edge of the canvas is lime green.Label TextThis painting evokes the bold colors, geometric forms, and interplay of light and shadow that characterize the San Antonio Central Library building designed by renowned Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta (1931–2011). Biblioteca no. 3 is from a series Carlos Rosales-Silva began in 2017 as an artist-in-residence at Artpace San Antonio. He made direct studies while working on the library’s balcony, which became larger compositions based on memory in his New York studio. Rosales-Silva blends sand and crushed stone into his pigments to achieve a textured surface that recalls stucco buildings he often encountered growing up in El Paso, Texas. (Lana Meador, 2025)ProvenanceRuiz-Healy Art, San Antonio; proposed purchase by San Antonio Museum of Art, 2024.Exhibition History"Gaby Collins-Fernandez & Carlos Rosales-Silva: Applied Pressure," Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, May 18 - September 10, 2022.Signedon reverse
On view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Brown Foundation Contemporary A…
Open reverse Bottom (Dots)
Matt Connors
2015
San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Puc y el Hechizo Mágico
Carlos Mérida
Culture: Guatemalan
1961
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mr. W.W. McAllister, Sr.
Untitled
Carlos Orozco Romero
ca. 1945
Gift of the Lam Family.
Brushtail Possum Dreaming (Janganpa Jukurrpa)
Topsy Napurrula Fisher
Culture: Aboriginal Australians (Warlpiri language group)
2007
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of The Sheerin Family in Honor of the Artist.
Moss Grotto
Celia Eberle
2016
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Alice Pratt Nelson Brown in memory of Jean Forster Dorn.
Los Tres Reyes (The Three Kings)
Carlos Mérida
Culture: Guatemalan
1965
Purchased with Museum Endowment Funds.
Circle IV
Robert Goodnough
1962
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation.
Untitled from "Images of South Texas"
Graciela Iturbide
2004
Gift of the Lam Family.
Star Dreaming (Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa)
Alma Nungarrayi Granites
Culture: Aboriginal Australians (Warlpiri language group)
2007
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with John and Karen McFarlin Purchase Funds.
A Large Study for a Small Cabinet Painting
Kermit Oliver
1988
Purchased with funds provided by National Endowment for the Arts and The Brown Foundation. The …
Ocean Park, No. 53
Richard Diebenkorn
1972
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of The Sheerin Family in Honor of the Artist.
Blue Gingham #3
Susie Rosmarin
1999

The San Antonio Museum of Art is in the process of digitizing its permanent collection. This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect SAMA's complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.

© 2019 San Antonio Museum of Art. All rights reserved.