In his art, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.’s art weaves together stories often absent from his native city’s carefully and strategically designed image, consisting of an entire world that is immigrant, low-income, working class, and Black, Brown, or Asian. Gonzalez brings this world to view through hand-painted signage, graffiti, murals, weathered surfaces, mom-and-pop shops, public restrooms, restaurants, and homes. His compositions honor the design and aesthetic sensibilities of renters, small business owners, taggers, and people who join the city’s quotidian landscape by leaving their marks. Gonzalez prioritizes their choices in his work, giving shape to the vast, bourgeoning community of proud Angelenx cultural producers.