The John Outterbridge mural at the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus had fallen into disrepair, its imagery so faded from the sun that some shapes were barely recognizable.
, said Watts Towers Director Rosie Lee Hooks. So she and Massenburg decided to make the restoration a multigenerational effort, the power washing and painting and clear-coating a performative ode to the man the work honors.
has created murals, collages and tile mosaics for L.A. Metro, ESPN and the Forum in Inglewood, among other places, said Outterbridge was instrumental in his decision, at 30, to become an artist. Artist Michael Massenburg leads the John Outterbridge mural restoration, with Allyson Dixon-Duarte, at right.
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