Red Line Metro Art

This page is subdivided by station, beginning with Union Station and going west and north. The images and information have been made available courtesy of MTA and through the photographs of Ruth Wallach. This page also includes information about temporary art projects commissioned by MTA for the construction fences on the Red Line. Do not reproduce information from this site without acknowledgement of the artists and their works, or of the authors of this site.

Union Station

• Cynthia Carlson, LA: City of Angels, 1992
• Terry Schoonhoven, Traveler, 1991
• Christopher Sproat, Union Chairs, 1992

Civic Center

• Jonathan Borofsky, I Dreamed I Could Fly, 1991
• Samm Kunce, Under the Living Rock, 2004.
• Peter Reiquam Civic Center Benches, 2004.

Pershing Square

• Stephen Antonakos, Neons for Pershing Square Station, 1991

7th St./Metro Center

• Robert Gil de Montes, Heaven to Earth, 1993

• Terry Schoonhoven, City Above, 1991 (commissioned by Home Savings Bank and CRA)
  • Detail with Patsy Norvell's Glass Passage
  • Additional details
  • Background information on the mural
  • Biographical information on the artist

• Joyce Kozloff, The Movies: Spectacles, 1991, 1993.
  • Detail from Western movies
  • Detail from movies with famous naval scenes
  • Detail from romantic movies
  • Detail from historic movies

• 7th St./Metro Center connects through a tunnel to the Blue Line. The tunnel features temporary works.
  • Thomas Eatherton, Unity, 1998. Partly funded by Pacific Enterprises.

  • Collete Fu, Photo Binge, 2006.

Westlake/MacArthur Park

• Francisco Letelier, El Sol/The Sun, 1991
• Francisco Letelier, La Luna/The Moon, 1991
• Therman Statom, Into the Light, 1992

Wilshire/Vermont

• Peter Shire. Los Angeles Seen, 1996. (Engineering Management Consultants, architect)
• Bob Zoell, No Title, 2004.

Wilshire/Normandie

• Frank Romero. Festival of Masks, 1996

Wilshire/Western

• Richard Wyatt, People Coming People Going, 1996
  • Detail of People Coming
  • Detail of People Going

Vermont/Beverly

• George Stone,1999. Views of the interior.
• George Stone, 1999. Exterior view.

Vermont/Santa Monica

• Robert Millar, 1999. Exterior views.
• Robert Millar, 1999. View of the interior.

Hollywood/Vine

• Gilbert Lujan, "Hooray for Hollywood", 1999
  • View of the Plaza
  • Detail of the Brown Derby, limousine, and Chinese pagoda at the plaza level
  • Details of a interior
  • Car-shaped seats, interior

Vermont/Sunset

• Michael Davis, 1999. View of the exterior.
• Michael Davis, 1999. View of the interior mosaic.

Hollywood/Western

• May Sun, 1999. Views of the interior.

Hollywood/Highland

• Sheila Klein (artist) and Dworsky Associates (architects). Hollywood/Highland Station, 2000.

Universal City

• Margaret Garcia (artist) and Siegel Diamond Architects (architects). Historic timeline panels, 2000.
• "Tree trunks" with local history tile mosaic, 2000.

North Hollywood

• James Doolin (station design artist), Anne Marie Karlsen (station mural artist), and The Tanzmann Associates (architects). Tile murals, 2000.
• Exterior of the station.

Construction Fence and Temporary Art Projects (all removed with the opening of the Red Line stations):

• Miguel Angel Reyes, Amistades. Hollywood and Vine station, Red Line.

• Stuart Vaughan, Barnsdall Art Park. Red Line

• Jody Zellen, Metropolis Captured, Hollywood and El Centro. Red Line

• Larry Gruda, Community. Hollywood Blvd, east of Highland. Red Line

• Phyllis Green, Here is looking at you. Hollywood and Orchid, Red Line.

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