The subject of Matt Mullican's artwork is renowned Modernist architect and designer Marcel Breuer, who was the original architect of the Rye Station building. Breuer's use of modular elements and simple forms, repeated and combined to dramatic effect, made him one of the most influential and innovative architects of his time. This mosaic honors Breuer's work and incorporates views of buildings he designed, with their characteristic bold use of light and shadow. His iconic furniture and design are also featured. 

For over three decades, Mullican has created a complex body of work about systems of knowledge, meaning, language, and signification. His visual language uses graphics and sign systems to communicate with the viewer, who is taken on an exploration through the work. Mullican is concerned with the relationship between perception and reality, between the ability to see something and the ability to represent it. Mullican's oeuvre, which takes form as drawing, collage, video, sculpture, performance, and installation, investigates how we understand what we see, in essence creating a picture of the world. At Rye Station, he lets Marcel Breuer's works speak for themselves, using selected views and samples to create a composition that both honors and reveals new insights into the architect. 

The following Breuer works are included in this mosaic: 

1. Hunter College, Bronx, NY, 1957-60
2. "Wassily" Club Armchair B3, 1927-28 
3. St. John's Abbey, Collegeville Minnesota, 1954-68 (west side of Cloister Church) 
4. The Secretariat Building, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 1958 (detail of 'brise-soleils') 
5. University of Massachusetts, Murray Lincoln Campus Center, Amherst, MA, 1967-70
6. Convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence, Baldegg, Switzerland,1968-72
7. Edgar Stillman College, Cape Cod, Wellfleet, MA, 1953-54 
8. St. John's University student residence, Collegeville, MN, 1965-67
9. French Patent specification application for "Standard Mobel" Steel Club Armchair B3, 1927
10. Torin Corporation, Nivelles, Belgium, 1963-64
11. AFC Industries' "Talgo" model planned for the New Haven Railroad, 1955 
12. De Bijenkorf Department Store, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1955-57
13. Apartment Buildings Flaine, France, 1961-76
14. Furniture for Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, 1924 
15. Torin Corporation, Nivelles, Belgium, 1963-64
16. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1964-66
17. The "Flying Cloud" (Budd), between 1955-58
18. St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN, 1954-68
19. Begrisch Hall, University Heights, NY, 1959-61

Matt Mullican received his BFA from CalArts in 1974 and rose to prominence as a member of the "Pictures Generation." His work is concerned with systems of knowledge, meaning, language, and signification. Mullican also works with the relationship between perception and reality, between the ability to see something and the ability to represent it. Mullican's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at numerous venues.