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These Artworks Change How We Experience Los Angeles
Public art shapes how we move through Los Angeles. Murals, monuments, and sculptures tell the city's stories, shifting in meaning as communities reinterpret them. This episode explores two works: Eamon Ore-Giron's Infinite Landscapes: Los Angeles para siempre, an Art Deco–inspired piece at the La Brea D Line station, and Joseph Young's Triforium, a downtown Los Angeles light-and-sound monument.
This program is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
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