Return to the light, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1994, detail

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Detail of Return to the light, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1994, Carlota Boulevard and Avenue 41, Highland Park. Depicts two prevalent social ills, senseless killing of young people, and homelessness. The shaman in the center represents a healthy state of wholeness. Cesar Chavez represents vision, being focused. The elderly are symbols of rich experience and wisdom. The spirits of Pancho Villa and Zapata are there to signify strength and courage. The mural's title refers to the role of the spiritual in finding solutions. Acrylic, by Charles Freeman. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, red. 2nd ed., p. 121, #14.

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Title Return to the light, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1994, detail

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Freeman, Charles (artist)

Contributor Social and Public Arts Resource Center (Venice, Los Angeles, Calif.) (sponsor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1994

Subject Gang violence (lcsh), Homelessness (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Spiritual direction (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Carlota Boulevard and Avenue 41 (roadways), Highland Park (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1994

Type images

Format 1 slide (extent), 2 x 2 in. (dimensions), color (color), color slides (aat), slides (photographs) (aat)

Source Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Repository Email afa@usc.edu

Repository Name USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Repository Location Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0294, USA

Rights Dunitz, Robin J.

Access Conditions 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, rjdunitz@comcast.net. 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, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Identifier dunitz-0453.tif (filename), dunitz-0453 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-471 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 471

Unique identifier UC1603421

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0453

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 32.2 cm at 300dpi

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Title Return to the light, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1994

Description Return to the light, Highland Park, Los Angeles, 1994, Carlota Boulevard and Avenue 41, Highland Park. Depicts two prevalent social ills, senseless killing of young people, and homelessness. The shaman in the center represents a healthy state of wholeness. Cesar Chavez represents vision, being focused. The elderly are symbols of rich experience and wisdom. The spirits of Pancho Villa and Zapata are there to signify strength and courage. The mural's title refers to the role of the spiritual in finding solutions. Acrylic, by Charles Freeman. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, red. 2nd ed., p. 121, #14.

Subject Gang violence (lcsh), Homelessness (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Spiritual direction (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), Carlota Boulevard and Avenue 41 (roadways), Highland Park (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.091443,-118.207033 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1994