The Pride Monument
2025
The Pride Monument is a public artwork by Jim Isermann dedicated on October 17, 2025 in honor of the 40th Anniversary of PRIDE Palm Springs. The work was generously gifted to The City of Palm Springs Public Arts Collection by Greater Palm Springs Pride and made possible through significant community contributions. It was partially funded by The City of Palm Springs Public Arts Fund, making it a landmark of civic pride and community collaboration.
- Medium
- Public sculpture / monument
Notes
Dedicated in Honor of the 40th Anniversary of PRIDE Palm Springs on October 17, 2025. Work is a permanent public art installation in Palm Springs. Plaque is affixed to the base of the monument.
Spotted works by Jim Isermann
Artists in conversation
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Gilbert & George
British · b. 1943
Gilbert and George have created landmark public and gallery works explicitly celebrating LGBTQ identity and civic pride using bold graphic language, making their practice deeply aligned with Isermann's monument honoring queer community history and belonging.
Keith Haring
American · b. 1958
Haring created iconic public artworks rooted in LGBTQ activism and community visibility using bold graphic forms, closely paralleling Isermann's dedication of a civic monument to Pride and collective queer identity in a public space.
Deborah Kass
American · b. 1952
Kass creates large scale public and gallery works that center queer identity, community pride, and celebratory language in bold visual terms, sharing Isermann's commitment to making LGBTQ visibility monumental and civic in scale.
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