Murals of Los Angeles
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Greater Los Angeles, California, is home to thousands of murals, earning it the nickname "the mural capital of the world" or "the mural capital of America." The city's mural culture began and proliferated throughout the 20th century. Murals in Los Angeles often reflect the social and political movements of their time and highlight cultural symbols representative of Southern California. In particular, murals in Los Angeles have been influenced by the Chicano art movement and the culture of Los Angeles. Murals are considered a distinctive form of public art in Los Angeles, often associated with street art, billboards, and contemporary graffiti.
Muralist Robert Wyland's whaling wall Ocean Planet (1992) appears on the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, which also includes a three acre rooftop mural of planet Earth.
Murals by Dean Cornwell in the Grand Rotunda of the Los Angeles Central Library depicting California history (1933)
Abbot Kinney and the Story of Venice (1941) by Edward Biberman, originally commissioned for a post office in Venice, Los Angeles, depicts developer Abbot Kinney and scenes from the history of Venice, including the Venice of America canal district and the Venice oil boom.
Hollywood Jazz — 1945-1972 (1990), a tile mural by Richard Wyatt Jr. at Capitol Records depicting significant jazz musicians, was restored in 2013.
Luminaries of Pantheism
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Luminaries of Pantheism is a 75-foot-long (23 m) mural by Levi Ponce, commissioned in 2015 by The Paradise Project for its headquarters in Venice, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California.
The mural at The Paradise Project's headquarters in Venice, Los Angeles