The City of West Hollywood maintains a collection of 20 unique art works. The art works can be found in city facilities, parks, parking structures, and traffic medians.

MAP OF PUBLIC ARTWORKS IN WEST HOLLYWOOD

CITY PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

Rendering of Before Picasso by Karon Davis

Melrose Gathering Place: Weaver's Walk - Melrose Avenue at Norwich Drive [Design District Streetscape Project]

Artist Karon Davis has been selected to create a permanent artwork for the City of West Hollywood. Before Picasso was named to honor the African artists that inspired Cubism in the early twentieth century. The form of the figure is inspired by the heddle pulley, a type of loom pulley used in West Africa among various ethnolinguistic groups to create abstract patterned textiles. The finished artwork will be made of reinforced fiberglass with a stainless-steel internal armature and will stand 18 feet high atop a tapered concrete base. The sculpture will be located on the south side of Melrose Avenue and Norwich Drive, bringing it into dialogue with the Pacific Design Center’s abstract vernacular style and bold color schemes. Davis has worked with Pamela Burton & Co. to integrate the artwork into the design of the streetscape. The pedestrian foot path created for the streetscape will feature graphic patterned paving elements inspired by the West African textiles referenced by the artwork.  

MORE INFORMATION

For questions or to report a damaged or vandalized artwork, contact Marcus Mitchell, Public Art Administrator, (323) 848-3122 or mmitchell@weho.org. For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, please call, TTY: (323) 848-6496. To learn more information about the City of West Hollywood and its arts programs visit www.weho.org/arts.