Artwork by Prof. Gonzales-Day featured in New D Line station at Fairfax.
The Metro D Line Subway Extension expands the existing subway west from Wilshire/Western in Koreatown nearly nine miles along Wilshire Blvd to Westwood. The project is delivered in three sections that together improve access, reduce travel time, and strengthen connections between some of Los Angeles鈥� most active job, education, medical, and cultural centers.
Section 1 extends the subway from Koreatown to the Wilshire/La Cienega area, serving the Miracle Mile and surrounding neighborhoods (opens May 8, 2026).
About the work:
Inspired by the idea of transporting the body and mind, and by the station as an excavation site, Ken Gonzales-Day鈥榮 glass-tile mural for the north and south concourse level walls aims to transport transit customers across time and place by immersing them in an environment where images of objects鈥攕panning many cultures, continents and eras鈥攎ined from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art鈥檚 permanent collection are reproduced at an enormous scale. Gonzales-Day鈥檚 artwork will invite viewers to think about museum collections and their connection to the outside world in unexpected ways.
Link to video here,
Image: Installation view of Ken Gonzales-Day, Urban Excavation: Ancestors, Avatars, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, Casts, Copies, Deities, Figures, Funerary鈥疧bjects, Gods, Guardians, Mermaids, Metaphors, Mothers, Possessions, Sages, Spirits, Symbols, and Other [LACMA] Objects. Courtesy of the artist and LA Metro.