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Title |
Seeing Through Others Eyes |
Date |
2010 |
Object Name |
Mural |
Description |
Commissioned by the Kennedy Commission and LAUSD at the former Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel, where the assassination of RFK took place. In the mural a lotus blossom determines the composition of the mural both formally and conceptually. Each petal represents the most important issues we, as a society, must face, as delineated by Robert F. Kennedy: Environment, Intolerance, Poverty, Education, Health, and War. Figures featured in the mural include a soldier, a woman and her sick mother, and a child of poverty. These three perspectives remind us to view our current societal issues through the eyes of others. Sitting in the center of the petals are Kennedy and César Chávez. The two men are breaking bread after Chávez’s 36-day "Fast for Life." On June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, senator and presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. He had just won the California Primary with a campaign and career built on the ideals of hope, compassion and equality. Arch measures 12ft 8in x 55 ft at the Paul Schrade Library in the Ambassador Hotel, now converted into the new RFK Community Schools. "I am an interdisciplinary artist and scholar who works in large-scale monuments produced for public sites, locally, nationally and internationally. I have in the process of creating my work been engaged in the development of collaborative methods to arrive at consensus between communities in conflict. Often this work has the intention of reclaiming the "commons" or sites of public memory for communities. My recent work has included the development of new multimedia and technologically based methods of community engagement and visualization through the use of film, 3D animation, augmented reality and social media. My artworks have moved increasingly toward the architectural in scope and scale." In 2012, the LAUSD named a school after her called the Judith F. Baca Arts Academy, located in Watts, her birthplace. |
Catalog Number |
MU148 |
School Site # |
8725 |
School Name |
John F Kennedy Senior High |
Dimension Details |
152" x 660" |
Medium |
Digital Mural |
Artist |
Judith Francisca Baca |
Role Artist |
Artist |
Collection |
School Buildings, Interiors |
Related Publications |
www.judybaca.com www.SPARCinLA.org "Judy Baca" Grades K to 6 reading program for McGraw Hill (U.S.) 2011 TEXTBOOK "Judith F. Baca" (2018) by Anna Indych-López |