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...
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...
This image was used to create the entry way piece for the 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 tiles.
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...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Physiognomy; Physiognomy in art; Frames; Drawing; Group f.64; Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801; Steve Turner Gallery
Photograph of "Umbragraphic Landscape #1," as shown at "Ken Gonzales-Day: Physiognomy and the Love of Mankind" at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles. Piece is a representation of Death Valley sand dunes drawn in forehead contours. In this...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Photography; Portraits; 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. Portrait is of a young man standing as a lone figure against a dark background, addressing the viewer. Piece is entitled...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Trees; Photography; 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. Two trees straddle a dirt road in this piece entitled "Two men were found on a tree." Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went...
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,...
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...
