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The remnants of previous graffiti peek out underneath splotches of black paint added to the plywood. Each of the three black areas of the panels features careful white outlines of different fragments of a scene described by a quote in the upper left…

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An expansion of a previously existing mural by Maya Edelman, The previously existing mural features a white swatch on a piece of plywood previously marked with other graffiti and tags that reads in large black block font: "BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER".…

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A wash of white paint covers the majority of a plywood plank. A figure with green skin and short hair that blends with its facial stubble serves as the focal point of the mural. The figure is a cyclops, with a large, single eye with a blue iris, long…

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Plywood painted with a wash of white features a Black woman with a starry sky in her hair and eyes within the palms of her hands standing with arms outstretched to the sky. The words "Dream Big" spread between her hands, with "All Dreamers Welcome"…

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Two panels, displayed side by side, share parallel content within different color schemes. The leftmost panel is painted with a wash of light turquoise. Bold black text, outlined in yellow, reads "Listen" in fully capitalized letters. Beneath the…

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A portrait of a Black person emerges from a slab of plywood painted with lime green and deep purple. The person's face, as a focal point to the work, is framed by hair that appears to have been created with collaged paper fragments, creating a halo…

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Four figures, outlined in white paint, emerge from the scrawls of black paint inconsistently covering the plywood panels. Three figures are clustered to the left, while one stands alone on the right.

The leftmost figures are a man wearing only…

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In all-capitalized letters, "Love Power" is written across the top of the mural in bold pink lettering, shadowed by black paint to create a three-dimensional impact.

Beneath Love Power, a wide array of imagery comes together to form one piece.…

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The plywood is left relatively unfinished, with no wash of paint covering the background. A sticker, partially peeled off, is on the leftmost part of the panel and reads repetitively in all capitalized letters, "Remove Your Boards."

With the…
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