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Tone of the Earth

Artist: Delgado, Roberto Lloyd

Object Date: 2010

Medium: Acrylic on fiberglass mesh

Imperial Dims: Overall: 60 x 144 in.

Department(s): Public Library

Supervisorial District: 2

About the Artwork:

Artist Robert Delgado created this mural for the Woodcrest Library. He engaged the Woodcrest community with a “Show and Tell” presentation of his work at the library’s grand opening and photographed youth in the audience. He used those images to design a dynamic composition of familiar faces from the community. According to Delgado, his photographic images are “broken down into line drawings and juxtaposed and superimposed so that the design becomes a thoughtful puzzle that provokes imagination and creativity in the viewer.”

About the Artist:

Roberto Delgado is a Los Angeles native, born and raised in the Koreatown area. After serving three years in the US Army in Vicenza, Italy, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and completed his BA and MFA at UCLA. He has received several fellowships, including two Fulbrights to conduct research in Mexico and to teach mural painting in Honduras. His public art commissions have steadily increased in the past few decades. Among his public projects are works for the LAPD’s North Valley Police Station, the Atlanta International Airport, the Heritage Square Station on MTA’s Gold Line, the Pico-Aliso Housing Projects in Boyle Heights, and the Federal Courthouse in Pocatello, Idaho.