Hands Up Don’t Shoot
This photo captures an unfinished wall mural in progress located in the International District of Seattle. It depicts a silhouette of a Black person with arms raised and “Hands up, Don’t Shoot” painted in the body.
Aileen Granstrom
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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June 3, 2020
UAM-GF_1518
International District, Seattle, Washington, USA
He Couldn't Breathe
"BLM He Couldn't Breathe" is written in yellow chalk on the street.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art">Article</a> about the photographer's work<br /><br /><a href="https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592">Interview</a> with the photographer
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
16th Street N.W. Future site of Black Lives Matter Plaza
Killer Cops Will Not Go Free
A paper sign taped to a bus stop pole reads "Killer Cops Will Not Go Free."
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art">Article</a> about the photographer's work<br /><br /><a href="https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592">Interview</a> with the photographer
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
1698-1628 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
Make racists afraid again
A solidarity banner displayed in the politically left-leaning neighborhood of Exarcheia combines three slogans: "Make racists afraid again," "A riot is the language of the unheard (MLK)," "From the USA to Greece, solidarity in the streets." The banner is strategically based in the location where in 2008 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was killed at the hands of the police, thus gesturing to a transnational geography of political solidarity with regard to police violence.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photograph by Julia Tulke, artist unknown.
UAM-GF_0681
Athens, Greece
Multi-panel VOTE/BLM mural
Mural painted on plywood panels in downtown Raleigh, NC that reads, from left to right: "SAY THEIR NAMES," "VOTE," "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE," "NO JUSTICE NO PEACE," "I CAN'T BREATHE" with multi-racial figures.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Kelsey Virginia Dufresne
UAM-GF_1908
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
No Justice No Peace
"No Justice No Peace" is spray-painted on an upside-down flag that is taped to a building.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art">Article</a> about the photographer's work<br /><br /><a href="https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592">Interview</a> with the photographer
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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LA
Photographer: Nadine Seiler
888 Black Lives Matter Plz NW, Washington, DC 20006
No Murder
A black sign reads "No Justice No Peace No Murder." The "N" is in red, yellow, and green.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art">Article</a> about the photographer's work<br /><br /><a href="https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592">Interview</a> with the photographer
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
Northwest Washington, Washington, DC 20006
Nobody can breath[e] under a knee
A stencil at an entrance to the National Gardens of Athens reads "Nobody can breath[e] under a knee." The stencil was produced on the side of a large BLM/George Floyd solidarity demonstration in Athens on June 3.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photograph by Julia Tulke, artist unknown
UAM-GF_0682
Athens, Greece
Say My Name
Rendered in black and white, a portrait of George Floyd with "BLM" repeated in the background. Larger text reads "SAY MY NAME."
Jordan Roots (@jrootsart)
Stella's Fish Cafe
The artist made an Instagram post addressing the work on June 3, 2020. They posted the following with an image of a George Floyd Tribute that had previously been on the panels:
jrootsart
"Before and after.
I appreciate all the compliments that I've received and all the praise for sharing my artistic voice. I'd really appreciate if you didn't forget the message behind why I painted this. You may think it is beautiful but I should have never painted this. George Floyd was senselessly murdered. This mural will eventually give way to the windows that hide behind, framing a bustling dining room full of people eating and drinking. George Floyd will never sit at one of those tables. The injustice and racism that he and countless black Americans endure each day is what I'd appreciate you to never forget. Raise your voice. Be the change."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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@jrootsart
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0034
1400 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
We Can't Breathe
An image of a young Black woman with large gold hoop earrings and a green afro. Text reads "We Can't Breathe."
Jelly
From the artist's Instagram: Jellyjartist
WE CAN'T BREATHE. My mural dedicated to the horrific ongoing injustices 🖤
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Painted alongside @m3a3g3i3c @orbitldn @owe1_art @_squarms @samtkerridge @drt"
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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@jellyjartist on Instagram
UAM-GF_0049
Drury Lane