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Object Description
| Title | The living city, Koreatown, 1991 |
| Description | The living city, Koreatown, 1991, H & K Supermarket, exterior, 124 North Western Avenue (between 1st Street and Beverly Boulevard), Koreatown. L.A.'s cultural diversity is represented through architecture, including the Watts Towers, Mann's Chinese Theater, Olvera Street, and Beverly Hills. Freeways twist and turn throughout the mural, linking the various neighborhoods. There are also hundreds of miniature portraits, among them such eccentric personalities as a Domino's Pizza man, a pimp in a feathered hat, a graffiti artist, a black Bart Simpson (a TV cartoon character), and a homeless man who regularly hung out near the mural during its painting. Acrylic, 16' x 94', by Sandra Drinning, assisted by Julio Crespo, Masakela Poles, Samara Tanzaws, Esther Kwan Tak, Sue Griffin, and Lesley Grant. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center.-- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 79, #49. |
| Subject (topic) |
Street art Mural painting and decoration Cultural pluralism |
| Geographic subject (street address) | 124 North Western Avenue |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state/province) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic subject (other) | Koreatown |
| Geographic coordinates | 34.051308,-118.282993 |
| Coverage date (for display) | 1991 |
| Artist | Drinning, Sandra |
| Photographer | Dunitz, Robin J. |
| Other creator | Crespo, Julio; Poles, Masakela; Tanzaws, Samara; Tak, Esther Kwan; Griffin, Sue; Grant, Lesley |
| Other contributor | Social and Public Arts Resource Center (Venice, Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created (for display) | 1991 |
| Type | images |
| Format | 6 slides : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Format (aat) |
color slides slides (photographs) |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Identifying number | dunitz-0173; dunitz-0174; dunitz-0175; dunitz-0176; dunitz-0177; dunitz-0178 |
| References | Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993; Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998; |
| Rights | The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, 503-577-3842, rjdunitz@comcast.net |
| Physical access | The files represent Ms. Dunitz' personal collection of materials collected over the years of her involvement in documenting and preserving Los Angeles murals. They are available for consultation in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California. For an appointment, contact the Library at (213) 740-1956. |
| Repository name | USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library |
| Repository address | Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0294 |
| Repository email | afa@usc.edu |
| Filename | dunitz-0173.tif; dunitz-0174.tif; dunitz-0175.tif; dunitz-0176.tif; dunitz-0177.tif; dunitz-0178.tif |
| Part of collection | Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 |
Description
| Title | The living city, Koreatown, 1991 |
| Description | The living city, Koreatown, 1991, H & K Supermarket, exterior, 124 North Western Avenue (between 1st Street and Beverly Boulevard), Koreatown. L.A.'s cultural diversity is represented through architecture, including the Watts Towers, Mann's Chinese Theater, Olvera Street, and Beverly Hills. Freeways twist and turn throughout the mural, linking the various neighborhoods. There are also hundreds of miniature portraits, among them such eccentric personalities as a Domino's Pizza man, a pimp in a feathered hat, a graffiti artist, a black Bart Simpson (a TV cartoon character), and a homeless man who regularly hung out near the mural during its painting. Acrylic, 16' x 94', by Sandra Drinning, assisted by Julio Crespo, Masakela Poles, Samara Tanzaws, Esther Kwan Tak, Sue Griffin, and Lesley Grant. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center.-- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 79, #49. |
| Subject (topic) |
Street art Mural painting and decoration Cultural pluralism |
| Geographic subject (street address) | 124 North Western Avenue |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state/province) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic subject (other) | Koreatown |
| Geographic coordinates | 34.051308,-118.282993 |
| Coverage date (for display) | 1991 |
| Artist | Drinning, Sandra |
| Photographer | Dunitz, Robin J. |
| Other creator | Crespo, Julio; Poles, Masakela; Tanzaws, Samara; Tak, Esther Kwan; Griffin, Sue; Grant, Lesley |
| Other contributor | Social and Public Arts Resource Center (Venice, Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created (for display) | 1991 |
| Type | images |
| Format | 1 slide : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Format (aat) |
color slides slides (photographs) |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Identifying number | dunitz-0173 |
| Rights | The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, 503-577-3842, rjdunitz@comcast.net |
| Filename | dunitz-0173.tif |
| Archival file | dunitz-2/dunitz-0173.tif |
