Exhibition catalog published in conjuction with the "Project Series 30: Ken Gonzales-Day Hang Trees."
Contents:
Nightfall (2006) 60 x 75 inches chromogenic print
Anthony (2006) 60 x 45 inches chromogenic print
With none but the omnipresent stars to...
Card back presented in Erased Lynching series. The lynch victim was removed in a other images from this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West:...
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...
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...
The erased body of the victim in this series was intended to raise awareness of the little-known history. In this case it was Mexicans against an American citizen in 1859.
Erasure of the lynch victim intended to raise awareness of the history of lynching and other forms of summary justice in California. Josh (Joshua Robertson) was of African descent and lynched in Rich Bar, California in 1852. The original drawing...
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:...
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:...
This wallpaper piece was originally installed at the CUE Art Foundation in NYC in 2006. In 2007, it was installed in Vienna, at the Generali Foundation; in "Crimes of Omission," at the Institute of Contemporary Art, at the University of...
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 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).
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).
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,...
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,...
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 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).
The "execution" victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching and the larger issue of vigilantism in the West. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
A group of men wearing hats stand around a telephone pole and mountains are in the distance. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...
The back of a postcard that was created for a single postcard from the series. Not a part of the actual series, but was a promotional edition of 500 which were given away at lectures and talks. Image on front was "Franklin Avenue (1920)".
