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Graffiti and signs on plywood
Plywood panels with graffiti and protest signs in various forms, including graffiti reading "ACAB," "Black people are not safe hear," and "BLM." There is an image of a pink pig with a blue stick figure riding it. There are also protest signs referencing Shaun Fuhr. -
Racism Tea
A plywood panel with a sign painted on plywood propped up in front of it. The sign reads "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Ida B. Wells-Barnett." The plywood panel is divided into two fields. On the left, the letters BLM are written in blue, topped with a crown. On the right is a figures whose head has been replaced wit ha teacup decorated with a blue willow-type pattern. A white hand wearing a colonial-type jacket with "USA" on the cuff is securing the string of a tea bag. The tag on the tea bag says "racism." -
Fuck Corrupt Power
A painting on plywood showing a small figure wearing a red Phrygian cap. A crown and "BLM" are written on the figure's chest. To the right of the figure there is a sign post reading ACAB with a sign reading "Fuck Corrupt Power." -
We Do Not Want Your Precinct! wheat paste
Two posters adhered to a building at George Floyd Square with wheat paste. The posters in done in a typeface and illustration style reminiscent of Dr. Seuss. A cartoonish police officer stands in a bucket that says "Mpls. Police Federation." He holds a billy club that says "false choices" on it. His badge reads "Frey Boys." His face is content and his eyes are closed. Text reads "We do not want your precinct here! Nor There! We do not want it anywhere!" The colors are bold primary and secondary colors. -
3rd Precinct Survey wheat paste
Two posters side by side at George Floyd Square. The posters read "Minneapolis 3rd Precinct Survey/City of Fakes" at the top. Below is a check list with boxes next to each entry. The first entry says "Brutal Copes Location #1." The second entry says "Brutal Cops Location #2." The third entry says "No More Brutal Cops" and is crossed out with a red line. -
Smash White Supremacy sticker
A sticker on a utility pole near the intersection of 38th and Chicago, the location where George Floyd was murdered. The sticker reads "John Brown Lives! Smash White Supremacy." An image of John Brown with John Brown, armed with rifles, dominates the composition. The colors are red, black, and white. There is an anarchy symbol in the lower right corner. -
Witches Against White Supremacy graffiti
Graffiti on H Street near Lafayette Square. "Witches Against White Supremacy" is written in red spray paint directly on the surface of the street. There is additional writing in red as well as blue imagery. The US Chamber of Commerce building with scaffolding, and the Hay Adams Hotel are visible in the background. -
Protest graffiti on Department of the Treasury building
Graffiti on the facade of the Department of the Treasury using red, black, and blue spray paint. Text includes "We are unarmed!," "Fuck the system," "We want equality," "Pig pen," "ACAB," as "Fuck 12" in simple lettering. "Black Lives Matter" is painted using overlapping block letters. A pig face with x eyes appears on the facade as well. -
While Black Project (images of work in progress)
Images of the While Black Project mural in progress
This is located in Uptown Minneapolis and was painted on the exterior wall of a former Apple store.
An excerpt from Urban Art Mapping's interview with Cadex Herrera on May 12, 2022:
"I started with the idea that black men and women are being killed, you know, historically there's racism and then I said, it's almost like they’re targets. Always targeted. And that's what happens, right? A cop sees you driving. They look at you, and, you know, based on the color of your skin, there's a higher percentage that you will get stopped, or searched, or harassed, and what have you. So that was the starting point to that concept, that idea of being targets. And then also I wanted to make a statement about how young black men and women also are being targeted and they're part this issue, right? But also their ancestors were also part of that history, they were also young, and they also lived through this historic racism that is still happening today.
And so that the idea behind that piece. And then I had them draped with the flag because that is an American issue, right? This racism. And then also the flag sort of melts down into these blood drips, talking about the horrors of racism and the violence that's involved with it. And these two kids are super innocent looking. In the piece and they're created in the silhouette form. And that was just so that they could stand against that black background, and the idea of the black background, again, the color is very intentional, because we are talking about black history and there shouldn't be any other color out there, except for this one.
And then there's bullet holes in the flag and those little holes are dripping blood as well, just to sort of hit it over the head, you know, about gun violence, especially gun violence against people of color by police officers. And then it was a very important for them [The While Black Project] to explain what these images meant, right? And the whole idea is that the While Black Project is all about, you know, getting harassed and all of these awful things happening to you while you're just doing regular things as a human being, as a Black person. Going to the store, riding your bike, you know, standing in the street corner. Like, why is that stuff in legal, right? Why would a cop come up to you and harass you because you're just hanging out on the street corner with your friends. And so that was part of that that idea behind that concept."
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Don't Let Them Change the Narrative
Painted on plywood, a stencil reading "Mama I Can't Breathe" and freehand "Don't Let Them Change the Narrative."