Most of this Art on this website has been forbidden to the general public for many reasons:
Some of the murals are in remote, out of the way places where only a few people would dare
to travel; and some of these murals only lasted a few hours and often survived only in photographs because they were white washed or destroyed.

We invite you to view the world through Eriberto Oriol’s eye through these photos. Photographer Eriberto Oriol and partner Angelica Gonzalez Oriol started adding to their photo art collection: "Forbidden Art." They are photographs of what they saw as an electrifying cultural movement--
Los Angeles’ street artist’s scene. Today, much of this artwork captured through these photos
no longer exists.

As Los Angeles residents for over three decades, Eriberto and Angelica have long been fervent supporters of the arts, especially at the community level. In fact, the couple is recognized for curating the first ever major graffiti art show in Los Angeles in 1989. Los Angeles City Council recognized the pair for helping our youth make the city of Los Angeles a better place.  Los Angeles Times art critic, William Wilson highly praised Eriberto as a people’s aesthete and the 5 artists as virtuosos.  
A principal result of this was the Museum Of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles purchased one of the artworks for their permanent collection.

Today young people from around the world remain captivated by the Los Angeles’ vibrant art.
To this day, Los Angeles along with New York City is recognized as one of the world’s preeminent graffiti destinations. The Los Angeles artists’ styles may vary but they all share an edge that only living in the City of Angels can bring to an artist’s creation.

Photos by: Eriberto Oriol
Graphic Design: Patrick Martinez and Programming: Alan Ramirez.