Monday, October 1, 1990

Received MTA Metro Rail Commission

In 1990 Magú was commissioned as a design principal for the Metro Rail Red Line at Hollywood & Vine in Los Angeles, California . By 1999 Magú completed a series of wall tiles and platform sculptural benches in the form of Low-Rider automobiles. He chose the theme song, "Hooray for Hollywood", as the signature tune for the Hollywood & Vine Metro station. Another theme was 'light,' which Lujan considered another central motif in Hollywood, from the light that passed through film projectors to the sunny streets of Southern California to the creation of celebrity "Stars." The Yellow Brick Road, which was built to run from the plaza (which is currently being demolished to build a high-rise with chain restaurants and businesses) to the train platform, is a prominent motif taken from the 1939 classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,“ a movie which was an inspiration to Luján's work.

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