Red and Purple Lines 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. The Red Line metro goes from Union Station to North Hollywood, the Purple Line metro goes from Union Station to Wilshire/Western. Do not reproduce information from this site without acknowledgement of the artists and their works, or of the authors of this site.

Union Station

(Red and Purple Lines)

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

Civic Center

(Red and Purple Lines)

Jonathan Borofsky, I Dreamed I Could Fly, 1991
Samm Kunce, Under the Living Rock, 2004.
Peter Reiquam, Civic Center Benches, 2004.
Faith Ringgold, People portraits: in creativity; performing; sports and fashion, 2010.

Pershing Square

(Red and Purple Lines)

Stephen Antonakos, Neons for Pershing Square Station, 1991

7th St./Metro Center

(Red and Purple Lines)

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.
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

(Red and Purple Lines)

Francisco Letelier, El Sol/The Sun, 1991
Francisco Letelier, La Luna/The Moon, 1991
Therman Statom, Into the Light, 1992
Sonia Romero, MacArthur Park, Urban Oasis, 2010

Wilshire/Vermont

(Red and Purple Lines)

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

April Greiman, Untitled, 2007. Mural on the building above the metro station.

Wilshire/Normandie

(Purple Line)

Frank Romero. Festival of Masks, 1996

Wilshire/Western

(Purple Line)

Richard Wyatt, People Coming People Going, 1996

Rob Ley and Urbana, Lumenscape, 2009. A light installation at the entrance to the Solair building, above the station.

Vermont/Beverly

(Red Line)

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

Vermont/Santa Monica

(Red Line)

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

Hollywood/Vine

(Red Line)

Gilbert Lujan, "Hooray for Hollywood", 1999
- Details of the sculptures of the Brown Derby, a limousine, and a Chinese pagoda at the plaza in the early 2000s.
- Details of the interior of the station.
- Car-shaped seats, interior of the station.

Vermont/Sunset

(Red Line)

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

Hollywood/Western

(Red Line)

May Sun, 1999. Views of the interior.

Hollywood/Highland

(Red Line)

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

Universal City

(Red Line)

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

North Hollywood

(Red Line)

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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This page is maintained by Ruth Wallach, USC, last updated 11/2010.