PUBLIC ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - Urban Excavation (2026) by Ken Gonzales-Day

Urban Excavation (2026)

Ken Gonzales-Day

FULL TITLE: Urban Excavation: Ancestors, Avatars, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, Casts, Copies, Deities, Figures, Funerary Objects, Gods, Guardians, Mermaids, Metaphors, Mothers, Possessions, Sages, Spirits, Symbols, and Other Objects

DESCRIPTION: station art installation of two wall-mounted murals of digital-printed images on glass tile

10½ -foot by by 84-foot wide
10½-foot high by 60-foot wide

The images in Gonzales-Day's two murals were chosen by the artist from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection to "encourage viewers to think about museum collections and their connections to the outside world in unexpected ways."
From the artist: “Rodin once said, ‘I invent nothing, I rediscover.’ I believe [my] project will offer visitors a chance to discover and rediscover some of the city’s richest cultural assets, as well as to further position Los Angeles within an increasingly global context.” - MetroArt

LOCATION: Wilshire/Fairfax Station (D Line), mezzanine level, 6026 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

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