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Laurel Canyon Station

Lucky California, 2005
Phung Huynh, artist

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Phung Huynh designed terrazzo paving areas and porcelain enamel steel panels for station platforms.

The completed works display ‘lucky’ Chinese cherubs with California poppies, and Chinese cherub pilots in a surreal yet travel-friendly atmosphere of airplanes, birds and flying oranges. The designs suggest travel, a “bon voyage” gesture, and imagery that is symbolic of California. The faces express a pop culture sensibility rather than a culturally specific idea. They are lucky symbols and happy gestures that welcome or bid farewell to travelers in the area.

"A piece that is for the public, I wanted to create something sweet, whimsical, fun and delightfully kitschy."

Phung Huynh, a Los Angeles native, has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Center College of Design and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University. Her work has been published and commissioned nationally and exhibited in several group shows in spaces such as the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles and the Sweeney Art Gallery in Riverside. She has a wide range of teaching experience, spanning primary school to the university level, including work at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.