Artwork Detail
Untitled
Artist: Wild Life
Object Date: 2014
Medium: Paint on wood
Department(s): Parks and Recreation
Supervisorial District: 2
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The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is to advance arts, culture, and creativity throughout LA County. We fulfill our mission by providing services and support in areas including grants and technical assistance for nonprofit organizations; professional development opportunities; commissioning civic artworks and managing the County’s civic art collection; implementing countywide arts education initiatives; research and evaluation; career pathways in the creative economy; free community programs; and cross sector creative strategies that address civic issues. This work is framed by the County’s Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative and a longstanding commitment to fostering access to the arts.
Monteith Park is a small recreation park located in the unincorporated community of View Park in south Los Angeles. Neighborhood residents expressed a desire to enhance activity in the park with programming to promote positive family use. As a welcome to spring, street artist Wild Life continued his series of whimsical, public space interventions at Monteith Park. The goal of the temporary project was to model low cost, high impact, open space art happenings that spark imagination and encourage community activity at the park. This artwork is no longer on view.
The duck has been a recurring character in Wild Life’s work, having made surprise appearances in art galleries, the streets of downtown Los Angeles and the Los Angeles River. A mother duck and her three ducklings made Monteith Park their home until May 1, 2014.
Wild Life is a street artist that creates temporary installations throughout the urban landscape of Los Angeles.