Moments is Michael Massenburg’s site-specific mural depicting the rich cultural and athletic history of the Forum. Madison Square Garden Company commissioned Michael Massenburg to create a mural on a garden retaining wall at the front of the Forum. This work was part of a comprehensive art plan created in compliance with the City of Inglewood’s private percent for art ordinance.

Massenburg was inspired by highlights of Forum events captured in unforgettable photographs. Collaging and redrawing these images, his mural pays homage to diverse events. Featured is the famed “Miracle on Manchester” hockey game 3 of the first round of the 1982 Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers consecutive NBA championships as the Forum’s resident team. The Davis Cup final and the 1984 Summer Olympics were other noted sports events. Athletes depicted on the mural include Mohammed Ali, Wayne Gretzky, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Highlights from concerts and performances at the Forum include Michael Jackson and the Supremes. Massenburg weaves these moments into a tapestry of Forum events that played on the larger Los Angeles and international stage.

Michael Massenburg is an Inglewood artist and educator exploring visual and social issues in collage, paint and digital media. His creative goal is to inform, provoke thoughts or inspire the viewer by incorporating everyday images reflecting the culture and history of a community. Committed to making art with a social purpose, Massenburg’s public art has been commissioned by the City of Inglewood, the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri and, with Robin Strayhorn, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Rosa Parks Station. He has been awarded state and local grants for his artwork.

Date: 2014
Collection: Public Art in Non-City Spaces
Owner: Madison Square Garden LLC
Medium: Mural
Material: Acrylic paint on prepared block wall
Size: 4-1/2′ high x 30′ long

Location
Inglewood Forum
3900 West Manchester Boulevard
Inglewood, California 90305

Michael Massenburg, Moments