California Institute of the Arts; REDCAT (Art center); Art Exhibitions; Computers; Photographs
An image of a dog is on the computer screen. "City in Flames" and "Zoot Suit Riot" (both 2006, both by Ken Gonzales-Day) are visible about the computer monitor and to the left of it. Prints that say, "Sing the blues in red" are stacked on a table...
A tree stands in the dark. The three lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. The triple lynching took place on Franklin Avenue in...
Soldiers; Military uniforms; Buildings; Wood poles
A crowd of soldiers stand in front of a building while several soldiers stand across from them. The five lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...
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).
Altered image of the hanging of Josefa at the Downieville bridge in 1851. First woman to be lynched in California. Erasure of the figure intended to raise awareness of the much-overlooked history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West:...
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...
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...
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...
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 original source image helped to locate the tree in 2007. 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...
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...
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...
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...
