Neighborhood Portrait: Reconstructed © Jessica Polzin McCoy, hand-glazed ceramics, E Line (Expo), Expo/Vermont Station platform, Metro Expo Line, 1043 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles CA
The final artwork–based on hundreds of photographs taken by the artist in the neighborhood–shares with Metro riders the gardens, front porches, living rooms and street life of area residents.
www.art.metro.net/artworks/neighborhood-portrait-reconstructed/
“My goal is to produce artwork that reveals something secret or previously unseen. The viewer should know the painting. It should be their private space.”
-Jessica Polzin
Art for the Expo Line: Neighborhood Reconstructed by Jessica Polzin McCoy
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