Art Exhibitions; Photography; Physiognomy; Physiognomy in art; Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801; Steve Turner Gallery
Istallation shot for solo exhibition "Physiognomy and the Love of Mankind" at Steve Turner Contemporary. In this series Gonzales-Day explores the physiognomatic theories of Johann Lavater, as well as the nature photographs of Ansel Adams and "Group...
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.
Photograph of untitled piece in "Profiled" series. Piece includes "Blackfoot Man" and Jacques-Francois-Joseph Saly's "Faun Holding a Goat." In this collection, Gonzales-Day looks to the depiction of race and the construction of whiteness as points...
Photograph includes untitled piece depicting two busts facing each other in profile at Las Cienegas Projects in Los Angeles. In "Profiled," Gonzales-Day looks to the depiction of race and the construction of whiteness as points of departure from...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Drawing; Self-portraits; Physiognomy
Photograph depicts installation of untitled print at Las Cienegas Projects in Los Angeles. Piece shows a drawing of the artist's head in an elaborate cephalometer, a device for measuring the dimensions of the human head. In this collection,...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Physiognomy; Physiognomy in art; Frames; Drawing; Group f.64; Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801; Steve Turner Gallery
Profiles of human foreheads drawn from photographs, as shown at "Ken Gonzales-Day: Physiognomy and the Love of Mankind" at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles. In this series Gonzales-Day explores the physiognomatic theories of Johann Lavater,...
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...
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....
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...
Photograph of "Erased Lynching Series" at Ken Gonzales-Day solo exhibition at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Trees; University of California, San Diego. University Art Gallery
Istallation shot from solo exhibition "Silent Witness: Recent Work of Ken Gonzales-Day" at UCSD University Art Gallery. Photograph shows "Erased Lynching Series." The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series...
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; 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 galleries of Europe; Printed ephemera; Art Exhibitions; Photography
Press material and installation shot for 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...
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...
