You See L.A.
Moses X Ball’s inspiration for his design of the platform artwork is driven by his experiences growing up in South Central Los Angeles and riding public transit to visit the museums along Wilshire Boulevard at a young age.
Archives
Memories
Karen Hampton’s artwork for the Northeast Entrance draws inspiration from her childhood experiences riding the RTD bus along Wilshire Blvd, examining how travel can broaden one’s access to different cultures.
You Are Here
Yunhee Min’s artwork is grounded in the idea that cultural institutions create a sense of shared identity and community.
91 Artifacts from The Fowler Collection
Gala Porras-Kim’s artwork for the main station entrance will depict a selection of objects sourced from The Fowler Museum at UCLA that reflect the cultures and histories of various communities in the surrounding area.
The Wise Woman, She Calls Us into the Sun; Hug the Water; and An Intoxication of You, My Third Eye Seeps
iris yirei hu’s tile mosaic artwork will call attention to the native flora, fauna, and wildlife of Southern California, along with their seasonal shifts and the cycles of life and death.
A Panorama of LA and History of the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Sandow Birk’s artwork will depict a panorama of Los Angeles over 150 feet long focusing on the area around the future station and beyond. The scene spans millennia, as prehistoric creatures roam past historic and contemporary buildings such as the Wadsworth Chapel, the oldest building on Wilshire Blvd., the gates to the VA with the National Soldiers Home plaques, and the main hospital at the West LA VA Medical Center that was built in 1977.
Untitled
Victoria Fu and Matt Rich’s site-responsive design imagines the glass entryway as a prism-like object that will refract light and images down into the station.
Colors of Courage
Veterans, their families, and the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center (West LA VA) community are honored in Colors of Courage, temporary art banners for the Metro D Line station construction site at the West LA VA.