Breonna Billboard Takeover
A billboard above a business has been taken over by the artist Sickid and covered in a wash of black paint. The billboard reads, in white paint from left to right "Breonna Taylor // *this is graffiti by Sickid" // demand justice @(502)-646-5300 // Txt "enough" to 55156"
Sickid (@sickid1)
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Creator: Sickid (@sickid1)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2780
1050 Vine St, Los Angeles, California, United States 90038
George Floyd Matters
On a black background, a hyperrealistic color portrait of George Floyd. His sweatshirt is covered with abstract paint smears blending together in shades of red, white and blue. Floyd's face and hair are outlined with sketchy black streaks. Overlaid across the foreground are a series of text. Discernible in white across Floyd's face is a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Overlaid above that, in the background, is the same quotation in blue. A final layer reads "walk with hate // love" with hate crossed out, so that only love remains. "George Floyd Matters" is written faintly above Floyd's head and the artist's signature "So Many Possibilities" is visible below.
Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities)
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr. in his speech, Loving Your Enemies.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2912
1507 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90291
George Floyd Portrait
On a white wall, a portrait of George Floyd is painted with a simple linework outline of shades of black, brown, and blue. The portrait is derived from a selfie of Floyd that was highly circulated after his murder.
Jazz Guetta (@jazzguetta)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Jazz Guetta (@jazzguetta)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2880
7701 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Halo for George
A portrait of George Floyd, painted abstractly, in black and white. His form is outlined in an aura of yellow, from which a golden halo emerges. #JusticeForFloyd is written in black to the bottom right and the artist's handle, @BournRich, is written at the bottom left.
BournRich The Artist (@bournrich)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: BournRich The Artist (@bournrich)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2913
12433 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
I Can't Breathe // George Floyd
On a blue background, a stylized portrait of George Floyd in black and white crowns Floyd with a halo. Blue tears stream down his face as his mouth is covered by a red cloth that reads "I Can't Breathe". Floyd's black hoodie is decorated with a contrasting white Black Power fist. Around the portrait are the following hashtag words: #Freedom; #Unity; #Peace; #Change; #BlackLivesMatter; #Pray; #Love; #Justice; #AllLivesMatter; #Hope; #Faith.
Mario Medina (@mariomedina.m) and Celos (@celosxcult)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artists: Mario Medina (@mariomedina.m) and Celos (@celosxcult)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2911
619 S Broadway, Los Angeles, California, 90014
Indigenous American Portrait
On a backdrop of white paint, a portrait of an Indigenous (Native) American man wearing full traditional dress. The portrait is completed in a stylized glitch, making it difficult to discern clear detail, but the man's feathered headdress, earrings, and necklaces are most visible. The portrait is done in white, red, and blue paint. Overlaid on the black background, a repetitive purple motif repeats. The artist's signature, "aware.", is included in a similar glitch style to the viewer's left of the portrait.
AWARE (@aware_indecline)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: AWARE (@aware_indecline)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
Downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States
Justice // Equality // MLK
A large scale black-and-white portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. gazing off to the viewer's left. The word "Justice" is written in stylized, fully capitalized font to the viewer's left and the word "Equality" is written in the same style to the viewer's right.
Tristan Eaton (@tristaneaton)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Tristan Eaton (@tristaneaton)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2909
5000 York Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90042
Justice // George Floyd
The word "Justice" is spelled out, fully capitalized, across a series of windows (covered in plywood). Between the letters S and T, a partial portrait of George Floyd's mid-face, featuring his eyes and eyebrows, is painted in black and white. The rendering places particular emphasis on the highlights in his eyes themselves, creating a more solemn and emotional image, as if he was crying.
Robert Vargas (@therobertvargas)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Robert Vargas (@therobertvargas)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2910
603 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90014
No Justice, No Peace
A realistic black-and-white portrait of Malcolm X smiling with the words "No Justice, No Peace" surrounding him in bold, stylized lettering. The names "George Floyd, Breonna Taylor..." are slightly visible behind the new mural.
Muralist: Tristan Eaton (@tristaneaton)
Background Lettering: (@korea_lts)
Foreground Lettering: Shane Jessup (@shanejessup)
Tristan Eaton (@tristaneaton) replaced his Martin Luther King Jr. mural that was destroyed and covered in racial slurs earlier that week on June 22, 2020.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Muralist: Tristan Eaton (@tristaneaton)
Background Lettering: (@korea_lts)
Foreground Lettering: Shane Jessup (@shanejessup)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2781
5000 York Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90042
Peace Protest Police
A black-and-white mural featuring three officers in riot gear with their shields lined up to create a barrier. The officers look around their shields to the foreground. On the front of the barrier, a Black child with an afro has painted a bright pink symbol of a peace sign with a raised fist in the center. The child holds a paintbrush in his right hand and raises his left fist alongside his symbol.
HIJACK (@hijackart)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: HIJACK (@hijackart)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2809
511 South Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, California 90036