Political Statements and Structural Critique

Collection Items

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  3rd precinctHook and LadderJordan HamiltonMinneapolis...1 more

  "A Budget is a Moral Document" by Jordan Hamilton and Samuel Ero-Phillips and panels with wheat pastes by Rogue Citizen

  A plywood panel (presumably by Rogue Citizen) reading "Justice | Liberation" on the facade of Hook and Ladder, located next to the 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis. The fence is covered with large wheat pastes by Rogue Citizen. A large mural reading "A Budget is a Moral Document" by Jordan Hamilton and Samuel Ero-Phillips is located on the side of a building seen in the distance. On this day, a new mural was going up on the front and side of the building. A yellow arc is seen covering the mural by Jordan Hamilton and Samuel Ero-Phillips.
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  anti-policingCHAZCHOPcops...5 more

  Graffiti on plywood, glass, and brick

  Graffiti on plywood, glass, brick, and pavement focusing on anti-policing messages. This includes "Lets Block Those Cameras," "Cops Kill So Does Gentrification, We Don't Work You Can't Make Us," "Police Are the Domestic Terrorists," and "Amnesty For All!" There are additional texts and images all around.
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  anti-copCHAZCHOPcops...4 more

  Anti-policing graffiti

  Anti-policing graffiti on plywood panels reading "Cops R Wittle Babies!," Cops Shidded and Farded in their Cargo Shorts," and other anti-policing messages. There is also graffiti on the brick facade of the building and on the pavement.
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  CHAZCHOPCopGraffiti...3 more

  No Pigs pavement graffiti

  Graffiti painted the pavement. A pig's face with x eyes (indicating death) is surrounded by a red circle with a line through it. Text reads "Fuck Pigs." There is a thought bubble that said "Oink!"
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  CHAZCHOPcopsflag...4 more

  Prison and flag

  This plywood panel is painted with an image of a Black figure on the ground wearing a stripped jumpsuit, reminiscent of a prison uniform. The upper third of the panel is taken up with an American flag. the red strips are dripping and create the illusion of prison bars. Graffiti read "Defund the Police," "Fuck the 13th Amendment," "George Floyd," and "Stop Killing Us." The are posters reading "Cops Aren't Workers No Police Unions No Cops in Labor" with a bristling black cat eating a police car.
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  ACABblack womenGraffitilabor union...2 more

  Stand Up For Black Women

  A plywood board with graffiti reading "ACAB," "I Love You," and "Stand Up for Black Women." There is also a black and white photographic portrait, a sign about Covid-19, and a sign that said "Police don't belong in the labor movement!"
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  Protest graffiti

  Graffiti on a plywood panel. There is a picture of a Black woman in silhouette with a heart. A stencil read "BLACK LIVES MATTER." There is text reading "A homosexual being attacked by a home should b a crime Boe was attacked and went to jail" and "spread love not hate."
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  CHAZCHOPGraffitiSeattle

  They must pay with BLOOD graffiti

  A plywood panel with layers of graffiti. One layer reads "Long Live Revolution." "They must Pay with BLOOD" is written on top of this. Other text includes "Pay For People."
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  AbolitionGraffitiPlywoodSeattle

  Reform Is Dead graffiti

  Graffiti on a plywood board reading "Reform Is Dead" with an anarchy symbol for the A. In smaller lettering, there is graffiti reading "Abolition Not Reform" and "ACAB"
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  DefundPoliceSeattleSeattle Police Department

  Defund SPD cat

  A sidewalk planter painted with a blue cat, accompanied by text reading "Even Blue Cats Say DEFUND SPD." Graffiti reads "they will remember 2020"