A mural commissioned by Metro for the Purple Line station being built on the Department of Veterans Affairs' West Los Angeles campus has aroused the ire of veterans groups.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless veterans demands that Veterans Affairs provide more permanent housing in and around its West L.A. campus.called by the Los Angeles County Military and Veterans Affairs Commission to air complaints.
Officials in Metro’s art program said they will make a strong case that they have engaged veterans in planning for the station. Artists commissioned for two of the four works have met with veterans groups, gone on field trips and incorporated work by veterans in their designs, they said., creator of the famed downtown mural of a dancing Anthony Quinn, has depicted five veterans’ lives in large panels on the train platform.
In his application to Metro, Birk presented his large-scale public art, not the gallery works that included the depravities of war series. But the veterans found it, only one Google click away, as they said. After they spoke up, the title “Hero 2” disappeared under suicide bomber’s image on Birk’s website.non-veteran uses
“Everybody found out last minute,” Reynolds said. “Back in 2019. I remember a bunch getting up in arms—the VA cutting down trees. They found out the Metro station was coming.”veteran Peter Stewart
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