Black Is Beautiful
Painted panels with a yellow background. In the center, facing away from the viewer, is a nude Black woman. Pastel flowers cover below her waist. "Black is Beautiful" is written in white cursive across her back.
Jade Davis @jaded52 @jadedavis.art
From the contributor: "My wife and I went downtown to photograph the protest art as we knew that it would not last (for a variety of reasons). The military was still on the streets, a curfew was still in place, and police were still assaulting innocent protestors. Columbus is the capitol of Ohio, so much of this was around the capitol building."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Scott S. Lawski
UAM-GF_1530
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Black Power - Do Black Lives Really Matter?
Two works on plywood panels. The first is a red square with a Black man in the center, raising his right fist and wearing flared, high-waist, green pants. To his left and right are green trapeziums with block letters reading "Black" and "Power." These shapes give the work a 3D quality.
The second work is a painted television screen, showing a live news clip of a Black person with their hands raised as three police cars drive toward them. The bottom of the screen has the highlights reel reading "Do Black Lives Really Matter?" The artist's IG handle is in the corner, but isn't legible in the photo.
Jade Davis @jaded52 @jadedavis.art
From the contributor: "My wife and I went downtown to photograph the protest art as we knew that it would not last (for a variety of reasons). The military was still on the streets, a curfew was still in place, and police were still assaulting innocent protestors. Columbus is the capitol of Ohio, so much of this was around the capitol building."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2020-08-25">2020-08-25</a>
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Scott S. Lawski
UAM-GF_1446
Columbus, Ohio, USA