No Parking

I had the honor of contributing a poem to this beautiful catalogue celebrating a generation-defining artist. My sincere thanks to Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. for your trust and for the opportunity to be part of this project. The catalogue is now available.

In Los Angeles, vehicles are everywhere—rushing across freeways, tucked along crowded streets, or abandoned to rust. In this exhibition, cars become proxies for the people who move through the city, their stories embedded in metal, paint, and dust. Gonzalez Jr. focuses his attention on fire-gutted vans, graffitied pickup trucks, overstuffed RVs, and stationary food trucks. No human figures appear, yet their presence is palpable. These vehicles stand as silent witnesses to labor, survival, and lives lived. And the car itself becomes a central icon of Los Angeles modernity.

Published by Alien Libros & Co