Ken Gonzales-Day, chair of the art department at Scripps College, presents a new solo exhibition of haunting photographs of California lynchings titled, “Disappearing Into The Trees,” at the Vincent Price Art Museum in East Los Angeles from Feb. 11 to April 27. This show is free and open to the public.
The exhibition, which is from Gonzales-Day’s “Hang Tree and Erased Lynching” series, calls attention to the forgotten history of lynchings in the American West. For six years, Gonzales-Day documented the locations of lynchings throughout California. His images focus on the trees from which the victims, who were often Latinos, may have been hung.
This exhibition will also feature selections from Gonzales-Day’s historical archives collected for his book, “Lynching in The West: 1850-1935.“ Gonzales-Day is an internationally acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist known for his thought-provoking photographs.
On Feb. 11, the public is invited to a free Artist Walk Through at 4 p.m. followed by an opening reception at 5 p.m. For more information about the exhibition or the reception, call the museum at (323) 265-8841.
To schedule an interview with Gonzales-Day, call Rosa Maria Santana at (909) 607-7177.