metro.net Art Guide A tour of Metro’s artwork Metro commissions artists to create engaging and thought-provoking artworks to make your journey more inviting and pleasurable. The artworks weave a multi-layered cultural tapestry that mirrors Los Angeles County’s rich contemporary and popular cultures. Established in 1989, the Metro Art program has commissioned over 250 artists for a wide variety of both temporary and permanent projects. explore Artists are selected through a peer review process with community input; all works are created especially for their transit related sites. This guide is intended to help you discover artworks throughout the Metro system. For more detailed information on the artwork and the artists, please visit metro.net/art. Artwork copyrighted, all rights reserved. Metro Lines and Transitways Metro Contents Art’s a Trip. Art’s a Trip Metro Environments Free Metro Rail Tours Tours are o=ered the >rst Saturday, > Thursdays – Meet at 7pm at Sunday and Thursday of each month. the street level entrance to the Metro Rail Metro Customer Center It’s free. It’s provocative. The tours are roundtrip and last Hollywood/Highland Metro l Metro Red Line Metro Vehicles It’s a great ride. approximately two hours. Rail Station. Union Station Bus Plaza l Metro Purple Line Tours for groups of 15 or more are > Saturdays – Meet at 10am at > Each tour is unique, visits l Metro Gold Line Metro Headquarters available by special arrangement. the street level entrance to the di=erent stations and is led Metro Division 3 Hollywood/Highland Metro by a member of the Metro Art l Metro Blue Line Call 213 .922.2738 for information Rail Station. Docent Council, a group of l Metro Green Line List of Artists or visit metro.net. volunteers committed to > Sundays – Meet at 10am at the increasing awareness of the Metro Transitways Awards information booth inside the broad range of art in the n Metro Orange Line entrance to historic Union Station. Metro System. n Metro Silver Line Metro Rail Red/Purple Lines Metro l Metro Red Line l Metro Purple Line l Metro Gold Line Anne Marie Karlsen, 2000 Margaret Garcia, 2000 Rotating artists Stephen Johnson, 2010 l Metro Blue Line Kaleidoscope Dreams Tree of Califas Universal Delights l Metro Green Line The mezzanine level features a Kaleidoscopic ceramic murals depict In 1847 at this site, the treaty was changing display of photographic An exuberant juxtaposition of the dreams and aspirations of signed that relinquished control transparencies installed in a imagery celebrating the >lm and generations of San Fernando Valley of California from Mexico to the series of seven backlit boxes. television industry and their immigrants and celebrate United States. This event is re?ected universal impact is crafted from the Valley’s spirit and history. in the platform column artwork, glass mosaics and located above the entryway, and architectural the ticket vending machines. elements throughout; a collaboration with Siegel Diamond architecture. north hollywood station universal city station universal city station universal city station Sheila Klein, 2000 Rotating artists Gilbert “Magu” Lujan, 1999 May Sun, 1999 Michael Davis, 1999 Robert Millar, 1999 George Legrady, 2006 Tyree Guyton, 2010 Underground Girl Hooray for Hollywood Ecliptic/Illume Kinetic Flow People in Motion The mezzanine level features a The past and future collide in this Thousands of probing questions Theatrical projected images lead changing display of photographic The glamour and glory of Hollywood station with depictions of bones Planetary elements, medical stenciled on the entryway walls Porcelain enamel steel panels A glass mosaic frieze at the station passengers into an undulating, transparencies installed in a are depicted in functional and of excavated animals, large-scale symbols, and microscopic imagery engage the viewer and activate employ a mathematical formula to entry stairs depicts footwear of all organic and sensual station cavity; series of seven backlit boxes. ornamental motifs throughout the photos and symbols from ethnic are coupled with 1950’s Sci-> and the interior space; a collaboration manipulate ridership statistics colors, sizes and shapes that a collaboration with Dworsky station; a collaboration with Miralles cultures; a collaboration with contemporary design to explore the with Ellerbe Becket, Architects. in bold, kinetic visual patterns. symbolize, in essence, the power of Associates Architects. Associates Inc., Architects. Escudero-Fribourg, Architects. origins of life forms; a collaboration transportation and an individual’s with Diedrich/NBA, Architects. desire to take action and move the human spirit. hollywood/highland station hollywood/highland station hollywood/vine station hollywood/western station vermont/sunset station vermont/santa monica station vermont/santa monica station vermont/beverly station George Stone, 1999 Rotating artists Richard Wyatt, 1996 Pae White, 2003 Frank Romero, 1996 Rotating artists – ongoing Peter Shire, 1996 Bob Zoell, 2004 People Coming People Going The Beppins Festival of Masks Parade Los Angeles Seen No Title Huge faux rock formations The mezzanine level features a The mezzanine level features a inspired by the geology of this changing display of photographic Tile murals covering the end walls An arrangement of organic sculptural A colorful mural located on the end wall changing display of photographic Sculptures ?oating overhead at the Punctuation and typographic symbols site juxtapose nature against transparencies installed in a of the station acknowledge benches with circular paving medallions of the station features images from transparencies installed in a entryway convey a theatrical, circus-like on ceramic tiles cover concrete the imposed architectural series of seven backlit boxes. the diversity of Los Angeles and provides seating for this busy the parade, held on the boulevard above. series of seven backlit boxes. spin on the industrial world. columns at platform levels, infusing structure; a collaboration with are a metaphor for a city always Metro Rapid stop; a collaboration whimsy and color. Anil Verma, Architects. in transition. with Tom Marble. vermont/beverly station vermont/beverly station wilshire/western station wilshire/western station wilshire/normandie station wilshire/normandie station wilshire/vermont station wilshire/vermont station Francisco Letelier, 1993 Sonia Romero, 2010 Therman Statom, 1993 Noel Korten, Marta Perlas, Rotating artists Stephen Antonakos, 1993 Jonathan Borofsky, 1993 Samm Kunce, 2004 El Sol/La Luna MacArthur Park, Urban Oasis Into the Light Kipp Kobayashi, 2002 Neons for Pershing Square I Dreamed I Could Fly In the Living Rock Plantings The mezzanine level features a Tile murals pay homage to major Highly crafted artisan ceramic tile Large oversized sculptures are changing display of photographic Neon sculptures above the Life-size figures soar high above A “hanging garden” of Venetian construction projects of the past and murals at the station mezzanine depict suspended in the station skylight and A series of twelve concrete benches transparencies installed in a station interior are mirrored in the station platform casting shadows glass mosaic is set within present, as well as the people and 13 vignettes representing places, people cast patterns on the paving below. contain decorative architectural series of seven backlit boxes. the high stainless steel ceiling. on the ceiling; a sound installation granite tile representing geological landmarks of the neighborhood above. and activities found in the historic designs. Lighting mounted above Additional artwork featured in features the trilling of a bird. strata at the 1st and Hill Street and fabled park. projects images in the shape of tree Metro Blue Line section. station entrance. leaves onto the seating areas. Additional artwork featured in Metro Blue Line section. westlake/macarthur park station westlake/macarthur park station westlake/macarthur park station 7th street/metro center station 7th street/metro center station pershing square station civic center station civic center station Peter Reiquam, 2004 Faith Ringgold, 2010 Terry Schoonhoven, 1993 Christopher Sproat, 1993 Cynthia Carlson, 1993 Bill Bell, 1995 Richard Wyatt, 1995 May Sun, 1995 Civic Center Benches People Portraits: in Creativity, Traveler Union Chairs LA: City of Angels A-Train City of Dreams, River of History City of Dreams, River of History Performing, Sports, & Fashion Modular benches in colorful granite At the bottom of the escalator and Granite benches on the station platform This relief mural above the At the top of the East Portal escalators Large scale mural depicts early and This multimedia work in the East hues relate to the formal symmetry Boldly colored glass mosaic murals adjacent to the ticket vending machines, put a contemporary spin on the shapes escalators represents the history to the subway, a series of dancing light contemporary settlers of Los Angeles Portal includes an allegorical “river” of the station and suggest stylized capture people engaging and enjoying this tile mural depicts travelers from of the old wood and leather seating in of the founding families of sticks produce hidden images and and comments on the cultural history with historical artifacts, bronze domestic furniture. creative activities at 52 locations along di=erent Los Angeles eras. historic Union Station above. Los Angeles. sound for passengers to discover. of the site. paving inserts, tile benches, a large- mezzanine