Matthew Brown Gallery is pleased to present NO PARKING, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, opening Friday, September 19, 2025, with a reception from 6–9 PM. In Los Angeles, vehicles are everywhere—rushing across freeways, tucked along crowded streets, or abandoned to rust. In this exhibition, cars become proxies for the people who move through the city, their stories embedded in metal, paint, and dust. Gonzalez Jr. focuses his attention on fire-gutted vans, graffitied pickup trucks, overstuffed RVs, and stationary food trucks. No human figures appear, yet their presence is palpable. These vehicles stand as silent witnesses to labor, survival, and lives lived. And the car itself becomes a central icon of Los Angeles modernity. Trained as a sign painter, Gonzalez Jr. leaves his hand visible. Brush marks, spray streaks, and collaged wall surfaces echo the layered streets of Los Angeles. Together, the works in NO PARKING invite viewers to slow down and witness how both the city’s landscape and the vehicles that inhabit it bear the marks of what endures and what is lost.