Eamon Ore-Giron: Tlaloc’s Eyes 

Production | Acquisition Grant

Eamon Ore-Giron’s Tlaloc’s Eyes (2025) is a monumental site-specific tile mosaic installed on the floor of a defunct 1920s outdoor reflecting pool sited outside the Felipe de Neve Public Library (a branch of the Los Angeles Public Library) in Lafayette Park. A permanent installation, Tlaloc’s Eyes is the centerpiece of a park revitalization initiative spearheaded by local non-profit Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) that remediates a blighted garden outside the library. Known for his research and work in exploring the complex layering of cultural identities, histories, and artistic legacies, Ore-Giron has created Tlaloc’s Eyes to speak to the shifting cultural histories of the local community by incorporating symbols inspired by the deities of indigenous cultures in Latin America. Ore-Giron’s mosaic is a massive tile relief, composed of an imagined version of the Aztec rain god, Tlaloc. Ore-Giron’s artwork revitalizes and transforms the meaning of this historic water feature into a culturally symbolic message, or prayer, for water’s return.

Tlaloc’s Eyes is presented as part of Reflections in Lafayette Park: Reimagining an Urban Oasis, a multi-year exhibition that recontextualizes three historical periods of the Lafayette Park neighborhood through a series of six-month art exhibitions. As part of this multi-disciplinary project, Ore-Giron’s tile relief mosaic is included in Reflections Movement 3 – Regeneration and Future Imaginings (2000-Future). Heart of Los Angeles is a nonprofit youth development organization located in Los Angeles’ Lafayette Park, and has 34 years of experience serving the community through visual arts education of excellence, musical arts education, academic and college success programs, athletics programming, case management services, integrated wellness, and parent and family resources.