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.
A landscape is pictured on a building wall and trees stand next to the building. This image shows the proposed placement for a public art project, installated at the Los Angeles County Administrative Building at 84th and Vermont in Los Angeles. ...
A man kneels on the ground near the bound feet of a man lying down. Scene from fictitious frontier novel, "The Bone-Grass Boy: The Secret Banks of the Conejos River."
A person lies atop drapes and pillows. A man wearing a polka dot bodysuit and wings leans toward the person. A butte and columns stand behind them. Scene from fictitious frontier novel, "The Bone-Grass Boy: The Secret Banks of the Conejos River."
Buildings; Outdoor art; Parking garages; Mural painting and decoration
A piece of art on the side of a building. This image shows the proposed placement for a public art project installated at the Los Angeles County Administrative Building at 84th and Vermont in Los Angeles. The final image was produced on ceramic...
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.
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...
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...
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...
