"In Los Angeles, vehicles are everywhere-rushing across freeways, tucked along crowded streets, or abandoned to rust. In this exhibition, cars become proxies for the people who move through the city, their stories embedded in metal, paint, and dust. Gonzalez Jr. focuses his attention on fire-gutted vans, graffitied pickup trucks, overstuffed RVs, and stationary food trucks. No human figures appear, yet their presence is palpable."
"These vehicles stand as silent witnesses to labor, survival, and lives lived. And the car itself becomes a central icon of Los Angeles modernity.Upon entering, visitors encounter two human-scale sculptures that recall the improvised constructions often used to haphazardly reserve parking spots. Layered with textured paint and dirt, these objects transform the familiar "No Parking" barrier into forms that evoke both ancient ziggurats and minimalist strategies."
Vehicles across Los Angeles become proxies for the people who move through the city, their stories embedded in metal, paint, and dust. Fire-gutted vans, graffitied pickup trucks, overstuffed RVs, and stationary food trucks stand without human figures yet convey palpable presence. Human-scale sculptures recall improvised parking-reservation constructions, layered with textured paint and dirt to evoke ziggurats and minimalist forms. Three paintings abstract building exteriors into quiet compositions focused on texture and form. A ten-panel polyptych links canvases with a single spray-painted stroke, offering portraiture without faces and recording lives through scorch marks, dents, and rust.
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