Artwork Detail
Where Fire Meets Water
Artist: Amescua, Michael
Object Date: 1999
Medium: Painted steel
Department(s): Fire
Supervisorial District: 3
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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.
The cut steel work depicts a fireman’s helmet surrounded by abstracted flames and rivulets of water. The artwork is intended to highlight either the flames or the water depending on the angle in which it is viewed.
Basing his artistic practice in East Los Angeles, Michael Amescua has executed many public art projects in the southern California region, including works for the MTA Gateway Transit Center in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles International Airport, Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, the Los Angeles Zoo, McCambridge Park in Burbank, Montebello Transit Center, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the Los Angeles County Chatsworth Courthouse. Amescua holds a BA in Anthropology from Occidental College.
In addition to West Hollywood Fire Station No. 7, Rudy Gerardo assisted Michael Amescua with a public artwork for the Paseo Colorado in Pasadena.