LOS ANGELES RIVER SERIES #63

John Kosta • September 24, 2021

Los Angeles River Series #63

A Covid Bike Ride

Hollydale

Acrylic on Canvas  48” x 60” x 1.5”

An image of California artist John Kosta's painting entitled Los Angeles River #63.
Los Angeles River Series 63 (2021)

The 105 Freeway cuts through the city of Paramount just south of the city of Hollydale. Here, in close proximity of warehouses and factories, the Los Angeles River bike path dips below the massive infrastructure of freeway overpasses that seem to float overhead as though part of a contemporary sculptural art installation. 

In Los Angeles River painting 63, “A Covid Bike Ride” diagonal polygons of light and curvilinear shadows pose together in a symphony of engineering wonder, a view that is below the freeway and rarely seen.  Out of sight, this Composition in Concrete is hidden from view to all but a few wandering homeless and the ever-present cyclists on the Los Angeles River bike path.


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More on the Los Angeles Revitalization Project

The official website for this tremendous undertaking by the City of Los Angeles.

An interactive map that highlights a number of the developments planned and occurring along the Los Angeles River.

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Artist John Kosta featured in  Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
April 29, 2025
Kosta featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
Artist John Kosta in front of one of his painting from
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Hilbert Museum hosting a solo exhibition of Kosta's 'The Los Angeles River -- An Unexpected Beauty'. This is the largest collection of the artist's work to be exhibited to date, allowing a unique opportunity to experience the full breadth of this thoughtful substantial fine art series.
September 21, 2024
Artist John Kosta's "The LA River: An Unexpected Beauty" will be on display at the Square i Gallery from October 5 to 26, 2024. Most of these LA River paintings have never been exhibited before.