Urban Dualities © Samuel Rodriguez 2012, hand-glazed ceramics, Jefferson/USC Station platform, Metro Expo Line, 3214 S. Flower Street, University Park, Los Angeles CA
At Jefferson/USC Station, Samuel Rodriguez weaves a visual narrative that includes fragments of building facades, vintage rail cars, human figures, and fictional characters. Each art panel is visually divided by the silhouette of bike frames, the layout of a comic book.
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“One thing many of us do when using public transportation is travel. Both physically and in our mind’s eye. When we look at something, we may be seeing a face, a light pole, perhaps somebody’s shoe, but simultaneously what happens is a mental picture. To capture the nature of public transportation is to crop different and small moments that form together to tell a story.”
– Samuel Rodriguez
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