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County CollectionRowan Dozier Bus LayoverIt LeavesArtist:
Merge Conceptual Design
Date:
2009
Region:
East Los Angeles
District:
First
Location:
Rowan Dozier Bus Layover
427 North Rowan Avenue East Los Angeles, CA 90063 Department:
Public Works
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Project DescriptionArtists Claudia Reisenberger and Franka Diehnelt of Merge Conceptual Design enliven the 150 ft. retaining wall around the Rowan Dozier Bus Layover station with colorful plant motifs representing the local flora of East Los Angeles including Bird of Paradise and Eucalyptus. The layered patterns create a lace-like quality that move from dense to more open patterns. The artists also apply text fragments from two poems – one from Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda’s book, “The Sea and the Bells,” and the other from Pulitzer winner Stanely Kunitz’s “The Layers.” According to Reisenberger and Diehnelt, both poems convey “life’s meandering ways and meanings in the face of ever-changing nature,” alluding to the artwork’s own temporality. Boston Ivy, planted at the base of the walls, will grow to cover the painted mural, aptly titled It Leaves, within a few years. A ceremony was held on September 3, 2009 during which Los Angeles County Supervisor Molina dedicateed East Los Angeles’ newest Metro Bus Layover with members of the community who will benefit from the improved facility. See Merge Conceptual Design, Allen J. Martin Park About the ArtistMerge Conceptual Design, founded in 2003 and based in Santa Monica, CA, has completed temporary and permanent public art projects for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority and the cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Berlin (Germany) and Vienna (Austria). The Merge team includes Claudia Reisenberger and Franka Diehnelt, who are both architecture graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, and currently teach at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. |
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