Trees surround a wooden building standing on grassland. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in...
A tree in a field during the daytime. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that...
A tree in daylight. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the...
A broken tree in daylight and buildings in the background. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in...
A tree in a field during the daytime. More trees and bushes grow on hills in the background. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are...
Trees in daylight. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the...
A tree with various limbs sawed off. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that...
The original design for the "Stop Lynching" pin. The pin is a recreation of the "Stop Lynching" button produced by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in the 1930s. For more information, see Lynching in the...
The walking tour map which was included in the "Hang Trees" exhibition held at the Pomona College Museum of Art in 2006. A text identified each of the sites.
The lynched bodies of Arias and Chamales have been removed. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West:...
Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...
Installation shot of Crimes of Omission exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Trees; Photography; University of California, San Diego. University Art Gallery
Istallation shot from solo exhibition "Silent Witness: Recent Work of Ken Gonzales-Day" at UCSD University Art Gallery. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the...
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943; Crowds; Women
The project grew out of an invitation to work with an image from the photographic archive of the Mexican muralist David Siqueiros. The work was part of a group exhibition held at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) in 2006. This image was...
