10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA

Camilo José Vergara, 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA, 2006, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.30, © 2006, Camilo José Vergara
Camilo José Vergara, 10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA, 2006, inkjet print, image: 11 5⁄8 × 17 1⁄4 in. (29.5 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 15 3⁄4 × 19 5⁄8 in. (40.0 × 49.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.30, © 2006, Camilo José Vergara

Artwork Details

Title
10828 S. Avalon Blvd., LA
Artist
Date
2006
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 5⁄8 × 17 1⁄4 in. (29.5 × 43.8 cm) sheet: 15 3⁄4 × 19 5⁄8 in. (40.0 × 49.8 cm)
Copyright
© 2006, 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
  • Cityscape — California — Los Angeles
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — store
Object Number
2015.44.30
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.44.30

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 (16 items)

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Emily Clayton Bishop, Woman Shelling Peas, 1911, ceramic: clay/bisque fired, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Beatrice Fenton and Miss Marjorie D. Martinet, 1976.127.2
Woman Shelling Peas
Artist
Date1911
ceramic: clay/bisque fired
On view
Emily Clayton Bishop, Group Showing the Present Condition of the Country, ca. 1907-1910, limestone/carved, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Beatrice Fenton and Miss Marjorie D. Martinet, 1976.127.10
Group Showing the Present Condition of the Country
Artist
Dateca. 1907-1910
limestone/carved
On view
Emily Clayton Bishop, Baby Joe, 1909, relief/plaster/cast and varnished, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Beatrice Fenton and Miss Marjorie D. Martinet, 1976.127.1
Baby Joe
Artist
Date1909
relief/plaster/cast and varnished
Not on view
Emily Clayton Bishop, Nymph and Faun, 1908, plaster/cast and stained, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Beatrice Fenton and Miss Marjorie D. Martinet, 1976.127.16
Nymph and Faun
Artist
Date1908
plaster/cast and stained
Not on view

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