Lynching; Photography; Trees; Getty Research Institute; Art Exhibitions; Tables; Chairs
"Nightfall II," as installed at Getty Research Institute, Scholar Common Room. 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...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Lynching; Steve Turner Gallery
"Two men were found on a tree" (at left), and "Into eternity" (far right), as shown in installation shot of "Past Over" exhibition at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles.
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...
CUE Art Foundation; Art Exhibitions; Picture frames and framing
Framed artwork hangs from a wall. The lynch victims were 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). As...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Photography; Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Installation shot from Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and vigilantism in the West....
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Installation shot from Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and vigilantism in the West....
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Installation shot from Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and vigilantism in the West....
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Installation shot of "Phantom Sightings" exhibit at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Photograph includes, (left to right), "Erased Lynching Series," and a photographic negative image of "The Wonder Gaze (Saint James Park)." The lynch...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Installation shot of "Phantom Sightings" exhibit at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Photograph includes, (left to right), "The Wonder Gaze (Saint James Park)," and "Erased Lynching Series." The lynch victims have been removed in this...
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...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Drawing; Found objects (Art); Sculpture; Busts
Installation shot of found images in "Profiled" series at Las Cienegas Projects in Los Angeles. In this collection, Gonzales-Day looks to the depiction of race and the construction of whiteness as points of departure from which to consider the...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Found objects (Art); Sculpture; Busts
Installation shot of found images in "Profiled" series at Las Cienegas Projects in Los Angeles. In this collection, Gonzales-Day looks to the depiction of race and the construction of whiteness as points of departure from which to consider the...
Installation shot of ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and...
Installation shot of ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and...
Installation shot of Ken Gonzales-Day solo exhibition at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. Photograph includes (left to right), "Erased Lynching Series" "Old Oregon Trail" and "Golden Chain." The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually...
Installation shot of Ken Gonzales-Day solo exhibition at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. Photograph includes (left to right), "Old Oregon Trail" "Golden Chain" and "Two door down from where I write." Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went...
Installation shot of Ken Gonzales-Day solo exhibition at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. Photograph includes (left to right), "With none but the omni-present stars to witness" "Oak with bird" and "Run up." Using archival records, Gonzales-Day...
Installation shot of Ken Gonzales-Day solo exhibition at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. Photograph includes "Erased Lynching Series," (right), and "The Wonder Gaze (Saint James Park)," (corner). The lynch victims have been removed in this...
