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...
Exhibition catalog published in conjuction with the "Project Series 30: Ken Gonzales-Day Hang Trees."
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Nightfall (2006) 60 x 75 inches chromogenic print
Anthony (2006) 60 x 45 inches chromogenic print
With none but the omnipresent stars to...
A group of people holding firearms watch a man about to be hanged. "A Murderer Lynched by Californian Emigrants - From a Sketch by Our Own Correspondent" is printed on the bottom of the image.
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:...
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...
Crowds; Horses; Buildings; Los Angeles (Calif.); Executions and executioners
In 1863, a mob of approximately 200 men broke into the county jail in Los Angeles, and grabbed Boston Daimwood (or Damewood) and his 3 cohorts, along with a young man named Wood, who was being held for stealing chickens. All 5 were lynched. In...
