Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.: In Between Stops

One bench puts a friend of the artist on horseback, except the horse is now a Jeff Koons dog. Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. had painted that friend on a real horse before. For LACMA he swapped the mount, one of several fake museum ads based on collection works he found iconic or, in his words, funny.

There are 12 benches, outdoors along the Kendall Concourse, lettered in rotulismo mexicano, the Mexican hand-painted sign tradition. Where a bus bench would carry an ad, these carry personal or socially conscious messages. Another bench features Asco, the East LA Chicano collective whose members tagged LACMA's old building in protest and photographed it. They're bus benches with no bus coming, which in Los Angeles is barely a change.

You're meant to sit down: "I want people to feel comfortable," Gonzalez told Print. He says the series honours small businesses: the party supply stores, barbers and beauty salons. LACMA lists it among its free public artworks. It closes 1 December.