The Inglewood Project - Detail
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The Inglewood Project
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THE INGLEWOOD PROJECT (1987)
Artist
Richard Wyatt
Owner
Inglewood Unified School District
Medium
Mural
Material
Paint over prepared wall
Dimensions
17' high x 34' long
Inglewood High School
231 South Grevillea Inglewood, California
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Richard Wyatt's four-part mural at Inglewood High School juxtaposes a Native Californian’s weathered face with an altered southwestern landscape. In the work, images of traditional adobe and sandstone constructions contrast with modern concrete architecture. Adjacent to Inglewood’s Civic Center, the Inglewood Project appears to darkly comment on contemporary and disappearing cultures.
Richard Wyatt
Richard Wyatt was born in Lynwood, California and raised in Compton and Los Angeles’s Crenshaw district. A highly regarded muralist, he is known for his realistic figurative works honoring common people and historic figures. He studied at the Otis Art Institute and the University of California Los Angeles. Wyatt’s monumental works are located throughout Los Angeles including in the Watts Towers Art Center; Capitol Records in Hollywood; White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles; Ontario International Airport, Ontario, California; the Wilshire/Western Metro Rail Station; and the Gateway Transit Center in Union Station, downtown Los Angeles. Wyatt has exhibited at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, among many other important venues