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...
Mountains; REDCAT (Art center); Skies in art; Fires; Los Angeles (Calif.)
This image was taken during the Los Angeles fires in 2003 and was incorporated into City in Flame , 2006. Presented as a part of the exhibition An Image Bank for Everyday Revolution at REDCAT, Los Angeles.
A shirtless man has tattoos on his chest, stomach, and arms. Originally exhibited as part of the "Hang Trees" exhibition held at the Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA. in 2006.
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...
Moss grows on a tree. 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...
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...
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...
A blank postcard that was part of a series of postcards in which the lynch victim was removed as part of a conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. This postcard back was...
Riots California; Fire; Smoke; Los Angeles (Calif.)
Composite image of Watts Riots (1965), Salazar or East Los angeles Riot (1972), Rodney King uprising (1992), an unidentified image form Siqueiros photographic archive, and a smoke cloud from the Los Angeles Fires (2003). The oldest image is at the...
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: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
Gonzales-Day, Ken; Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969; Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940; Lynching; California; Latinos in American history; Archival materials; Art Exhibitions; Photographs; CUE Art Foundation
The exhibition included the Erased Lynching series, the wallpaper piece, The Wonder Gaze (St. James Park), and two photographs from the Searching for California's Hang Trees series. The exhibition catalogue introduction was written by Bruce...
Landscape; Trees; Grasslands; Mountains; Bodies of water
The black borders produced by the film holder are not included in the final print. 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,...
Four individuals sit on horses near a tree, and three of them are holding guns. 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...
Men in uniforms stand around a tree. 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: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
Josefa (a Mexican woman) was hanged from the bridge in Downieville in 1851. 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...
A group of people stand around a tree. 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: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
