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Rendering of Maren Hassinger's An Object of Curiosity, Radiating Love. Interactive lighting will make the fiberglas orb respond to viewers. Images by Perkins & Will, Los Angeles |
The L.A. Cultural Affairs Commission green-lighted commissions of public artworks by Charles Dickson, Melvin Edwards, Maren Hassinger, Artis Lane, Alison Saar, Kehinde Wiley, and Brenna Youngblood for Destination Crenshaw. The Getty Foundation is contributing $3 million towards the project, and the state of California has dedicated $6.5 million in its 2021-22 budget.
Public art in L.A. has been a mixed bag. There is nothing comparable in ambition to the Destination Crenshaw plans in L.A. beyond a few museum and university campuses. Destination Crenshaw is to ultimately have about 100 sculptures—more than UCLA's Murphy Sculpture Garden (70 pieces).
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Kehinde Wiley's untitled equestrian monument will show a West African woman. This rendering uses a photo of Wiley's related sculpture, with a male figure, for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
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Charles Dickson's Car Culture |
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Sankofa Park, showing placement of works by Hassinger, Wiley, and Dickson |
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