New owners of Hollywood & Highland begin tearing up artist Erika Rothenberg's 'The Road to Hollywood.' 'It's heartbreaking,' she says.
A significant work of public art in Hollywood is being demolished in plain sight, and its creator can do little but watch.
The daybed remains, for now, but portions of “The Road to Hollywood” have already been jackhammered. According to Kristofer Golder, a senior development manager at DJM, the firm that bought Hollywood & Highland two years ago, demolition on the remainder of the artwork will “be commencing over the next few months in phases.”A daybed sculpture sits at the end of “The Road to Hollywood,” inviting passersby to daydream with the Hollywood sign visible in the distance.
Rothenberg does, however, have the right to remove “The Road to Hollywood” if an owner wants to get rid of it. In September 2020, DJM alerted Rothenberg about the demolition and gave her 90 days to remove the work. Lowinger, who says she is a big fan of the work and is eager to see it preserved, arrived at the site with her team and power tools. They quickly discovered a relatively simple method for removing the mosaic sections.
“We’re looking for allies, knights in shining armor to either come forward in terms of helping us fund the removal or come up with a plan to help us access the development art fees,” Curran said.
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