# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228250-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-06-15T23:36:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

Smoggy. Loud. Laborious. Imagine working on the side of a busy freeway on 20-foot-tall scaffolding—that's what artist Judy Baca and her team did for 9 months while painting "Hitting the Wall."

If you're an Angeleno, you may recognize the 20-foot-tall runner breaking through the wall of the 4th Street off-ramp from the 110 in downtown L.A.

The mural was painted by Judy Baca (judy_baca) and sponsored by the 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee. Her design paid tribute to the women’s marathon, which was added to the Olympics that year.

The story of the mural, including the process, its whitewashing, and the restoration, are highlighted in a new Getty Center exhibition "Judy Baca: Hitting the Wall" now on view through September 4.

Read more about why murals matter so much at the link in our bio.

🏷: #Getty #GettyMuseum #JudyBaca #Murals #PublicArt #Art #LosAngeles #Olympics

🖼 Hitting the Wall: Women and the Marathon, 1984, Judith F. Baca. Acrylic on cast concrete, 20 x 100 ft. Mural sponsored by the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 LA Olympics. Located on the Harbor Freeway (I-110) North at Fourth Street exit. © 1984 Judith F. Baca

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