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"Dia de Los Muertos Bench" 2014, Artist: Wes Horn, Located at Ace Hardware, 4th and G Streets, Davis, California
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The Sign
A sign embedded in the sidewalk read: Dia de los Muertos Bench
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2014 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:21:18 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5169 Add a comment or report a mistake
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In The Parking Lot
The "Dia de Los Muertos Bench" was located in the parking lot for Ace Hardware.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:21:35 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5171 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Highly Decorated
The bench was highly decorated with designs that related to the Mexican Day Of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) celebration.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:21:41 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5172 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Skeletal Man
One the side of the bench, a skeletal man held out a cob of corn to a skirted skeletal woman.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:21:52 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5173 Add a comment or report a mistake
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A Skull
The front back of the bench featured a floral eyed skull surrounded by insects, a bird, flowers and cactus.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:22:00 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5174 Add a comment or report a mistake
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The Seat
The seat of the bench was a repeating tile mosaic pattern.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:22:08 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5175 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Lower Front
The lower front of the bench featured skeletal hands holding a heart. To one side, two skeletal people walked a skeletal dog. On the other side, two skeletal people rode bicycles. Notice that the skeletal bike riders wore helmets for safety.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:22:16 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5176 Add a comment or report a mistake
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The Back
The back of the "Dia de Los Muertos" bench showed an upright guitar with a woman at its base. The words along the top translated into: The life of the dead endures in the memory of the living.
Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 • Artist: Wes Horn • Located at Ace Hardware • 4th and G Streets • Davis, California • Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens • (Date Photographed: 12:22:29 Friday 18 October 2019) • (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020) • © 2020 Bryan Costales #C19_5177 Add a comment or report a mistake
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