"I started working with neon in 2008. And I was driving from my studio to my apartment through East Los Angeles. And I started seeing it at night. Businesses that would be closed had their neon signs on advertising their business. People driving by these places and walking by them, and the neons would still promote their business. So that kind of gave me the idea it felt like the city was speaking back to me. So I wanted to use that." Artist patrick_martinez_studio spoke to us about his neon works, one of which is on view now in our sixth floor exhibition Shifting Landscapes. Learn more about Migration Is Natural (2019) from the artist himself at the link in our bio. — Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024–January 2026). #PatrickMartinez, Migration Is Natural, 2019, fabricated 2021. Last image includes: #LeslieMartinez, A Sublime Concealment of Time, 2023