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The Fight For Justice Sustains You | Bringing Back Bowery
Mid-size pink squares, separated into an even white grid and marked randomly with vertical red lines, build the background of this piece. Yellow text shadows the light turquoise lettering outlined in black. The text reads: "There is no justice in…
Remember Their Names
This is a piece about the popular idea "say their names." The image depicts the names of dead Black people from throughout history in the clouds of heaven.
Time to Change the World
A photorealistic on the side of building depicting George Floyd flanked by Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. with text reading "Time To Change The World."
West: When the Sunrise and the Sunset look the Same
An image of a Black man positioned with his hands up. Text surrounding him reads "End White Terrorism" and "Don't Shoot."
Say Their Names, 2011-2012 | Bringing Back Bowery
The eye is immediately drawn to the rightmost edge of the plywood panel, where two large brown eyes emerge from a vivd red background. Underneath the eyes, budding trees are surrounded by discarded guns pointing upwards toward the sky.
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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…
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…
Determined Spirit
A panel with imagery and quotes about resilience combined. The image shows a rose emerging from cracks in the pavement. Text reads "A determined spirit can never be broken --Andrea Sawyer" and "The time is always right to do what is right --MLK."
True Peace
Plywood covering the windows of Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts & Foods decorated with a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.: "TRUE PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF TENSION, IT IS THE PRESENCE OF JUSTICE. - MLK"
Justice 4 Floyd on Jackalope Tattoo
"Justice 4 Floyd" spray painted in bubble letters on a boarded up Jackalope Tattoo Parlor. Also in spray paint is "A Riot is the Language of the Unheard - MLK," "Justice for George," and ACAB."