It appears odd to celebrate the Latino Chávez’s birth with the work of a Teuton, but such is the logic of Babylon.
Having recently visited for the first time the Terminal Annex Post Office quite close to my home, I was struck by the WPA murals by the painter Boris Deutsch. His panels set into architectural lunettes are painted in the odd Colonial-Latino-Indiginous-Deco sensibilities of the architecture; it is strange, not exactly beautiful, and thoroughly LA.
I thought they were a fitting tribute to man loved by so many here in the City of Angels.
Please pardon the quality, they were taken with my phone.
I really love the mask motif.
This is perhaps my favorite, the horned Kachina-like figure of particular interest .
This panel was barricaded off from the public, there might be other panels that are also restricted from viewing.
César Chávez
b. 31st of March 1927
d. 23rd of April 1993
Happy Birthday Mr. Chávez.
Wishing all a pleasant day,
Babylon Baroque
Babylon Baroque 