10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA

Camilo José Vergara, 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA, 2011, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.32, © 2011, Camilo José Vergara
Camilo José Vergara, 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA, 2011, inkjet print, image: 11 58 × 17 14 in. (29.5 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 15 34 × 19 58 in. (40.0 × 49.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.32, © 2011, Camilo José Vergara

Artwork Details

Title
10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA
Date
2011
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 58 × 17 14 in. (29.5 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 15 34 × 19 58 in. (40.0 × 49.8 cm)
Copyright
© 2011, Camilo José Vergara
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description
inkjet print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — store
  • Cityscape — California — Los Angeles
Object Number
2015.44.32

Artwork Description

Camilo José Vergara takes pictures of the same urban building or street over several years. When he began 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA in 1980, the building housed a humble African American Baptist Church. After years of shifting fortunes, the original structure was replaced with a residential home catering to the neighborhood's booming Central American community. Vergara's time lapse photographs capture the visual evidence of social, cultural and economic change in America's inner cities.

Works by this artist (731 items)

Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Juan Gris drawing), late 1960s, collage on masonite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.58.20
Untitled (Juan Gris drawing)
Datelate 1960s
collage on masonite
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Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Rorschach drawing), n.d., drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.408
Untitled (Rorschach drawing)
Daten.d.
drawing
Not on view
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (white cockatoo and other birds), 1969-1971, collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.297
Untitled (white cockatoo and other birds)
Date1969-1971
collage
Not on view

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