Artists Ring In ‘Golden Hour’ At Oakland Cemetary

Hundreds of long red pieces of fabric are tied to the branches of an old magnolia for Sara Jimenez’s Cenotaph.

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While the city outside doesn’t exactly disappear inside Oakland Cemetery’s gates, the traffic and the trains running by do take on a more muted tone among the mausoleums and monuments. That’s where Oshun Layne, a New York-based artist is guest curating for the  “Golden Hour,” being presented by the Arts at Oakland and Dashboard US.

Arts at Oakland is precisely what it sounds like: a program to put up works of art at Oakland Cemetery. They have partnered with the rouge gallery collective, Dashboard US, to put on a show that ties the work to the place.

In a clearing not far inside the front gates, are there are a group of art works, including a giant wooden disk, propped up by what looks like a flagpole sticking through its center.