Summary

Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.’s NO PARKING at Matthew Brown Gallery uses cars and urban structures to reflect the hidden lives of LA residents

The exhibition features sculptures, multi-panel paintings and textured works

Matthew Brown Gallery opens NO PARKING , the second solo exhibition by Los Angeles based artist Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. , on view through October 29.

The show presents vehicles as markers of city life. Burned vans, tagged trucks, crowded RVs and idle food trucks stand in for the people who inhabit them. Although no figures appear, the presence of workers, commuters and residents is strongly felt. Gonzalez Jr. treats each vehicle as a portrait of survival, time and memory.

The exhibition begins with two large-scale sculptures that resemble makeshift “No Parking” barrie

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