The art of Metro posters

You’ve seen them on the trains. Now check out Metro’s posters at the museum.

Some of the transit agency’s Neighborhood Posters are a part of the “California Design Biennial 2010: Action/Reaction,” on tap now through October at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

The Biennial, supported by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, features the best examples of design over the past two years in five areas: industrial, fashion, architecture, transportation and graphic.

Metro’s art is featured in the graphic design category, as explained in this post about the posters at Metro’s blog, The Source.

The Neighborhood Posters series features work by 27 artists, each depicting a neighborhood or town served by Metro transit Created in recent years to boost Metro ridership in the many diverse communities, posters range from Alhambra and East L.A. to Venice, Van Nuys and Watts.

For an online sneak peek at all 27 posters, with biographies of the artists who created them, click here.

Posted 7/28/10