Writing on the Wall
Departures' coverage on murals and street art in Los Angeles began during a critical moment of the city's public art legacy; in its own way it's part of KCET's tradition of documenting the indigenous art movement since its beginnings. In this column Ed Fuentes surveys murals and street art as public art and policy, and on occasion, provide a platform for guest commentators.
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The Echo Park mural has gone through three lives since its original completion in 1991.
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Artists have often used Skid Row as source material, using the theme that the status of its residents doesn't change.
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Painter and museum educator Sandy Rodriguez shares that experience of creating the interior mural at the The América Tropical Interpretive Center in a guest editorial.
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April 2013 is filled with random news of street art, murals, and how they fit in public space. Here's some news and notes we like to tag under Monthly Mural Wrap.
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The cross will stay on the stoic hill as an early form of public art that supports the idea that California culture was defined by Father Junipero Serra.
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This month, for the first time in thirty years, a Millard Sheets mosaic is being installed.
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Eight artists, selected from 400 applicants, will make the rail system a visual engagement between people and place.
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When one takes a closer look at murals through a photograph, it shows how they share space with the immediate environment -- and begins to resemble early 20th century photo-montage collage.
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Here are a dozen news and notes about street art and murals from the month of March, 2013.
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The major work at the L.A. Central Library that has survived grime, two arson fires, and budget cuts, is not getting much attention on its 80th Anniversary.
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The act of making a statement in public space has instant cachet, just because it's being done. With so much street art, is it now more important to have meaning?
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Levi Fonz Ponce doesn't want to change the world. He just wants to change his street.
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The unlikely partnership between a billboard company and street artists brings change in the relationship between art and outdoor commerce.
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Here are some newsworthy items about murals and street art in Los Angeles for February 2013.
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Foliage growing out of the roof of a five-story downtown building became inspiration for an art exhibition.
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New form of street art pays tribute to the city's name.
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L.A. installation artist Ramiro Gomez Jr. timed his latest cardboard creations with the Senate hearings on immigration policy on Capitol Hill.
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Elliott Barkan's photographs of Los Angeles murals portray the growing self-identity of Chicano culture since the late 1960s.
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A parking spot becomes the spirit of a downtown looking for interaction between pedestrian and transportation.
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A rundown of public art news and stories for the month of January, 2013.
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