Uptown Rocker (1986) by Lloyd Hamrol

DESCRIPTION: 30-foot high by 65-foot long by 4-foot wide painted steel sculpture

At its installation, the Los Angeles Times described Hamrol's $113,000 sculpture as depicting "a parade of brightly colored cars speeding along an arc of concrete that might have broken lose from the street" (Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1986), Hamrol himself called this piece "the playful treatment of an exasperating, everyday subject."


LOCATION: Fourth Street at Grand Avenue, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA