What If We Saw Cars Like Rolling Sculptures?

The Automobile Represents an Engine of Possibility for Black L.A., Said Panelists at “Is Car Culture the Ultimate Act of Community in Crenshaw?”

Where Crenshaw and Leimert boulevards meet, the silver glint of artist and sculptor Charles Dickson’s “Car Culture” is beginning to take shape. One of Dickson’s largest public artworks to date, the towering sculpture, a celebration of Black innovation and expression, is part of Destination Crenshaw, a new 1.3-mile, open-air monument to Black Los Angeles.

A smaller model of Dickson’s sculpture made its way to the ASU Herald Examiner Building on 11th and Broadway last week, to go on view during the Zócalo and Destination Crenshaw public program “Is Car Culture the …

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Work From L.A.’s Groundbreaking 1960s and 1970s African-American Art Scene

Inspired by the civil rights and black power movements, drawn to L.A. by economic opportunity, and nourished by a thriving Southern California arts scene, African-American artists formed a historic cultural …