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Amplify Black Trans Voices
Two lined sheets of paper taped on a power box. On the upper piece of paper written in black ink, "PROTECT EACH OTHER." On the lower piece of paper written in black ink, "AMPLIFY BLACK TRANS VOICES."
SOS- Same Old Shit
A Black soldier sits in the center of this mural behind a grey wash, his gaze penetrating the viewer. He wears a camo helmet with text saying, “war is hell.” The mural is split into two different times, 1970 (on the left) and 2020 (on the right). Red…
Power to the People
Large, block, capital letters saying “Power to the People” dominate this mural. The letters of the word “people” also serve as a platform for four multi-racial figures to stand on, holding their right fist up in solidarity. The figures are wearing…
Justice
Three wise monkeys embodying the Japanese proverbial principle “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” are front and center in this mural. Each monkey expresses a single principle using an action as well as accompanying text. The monkeys are…
Peter Stuyvesant Was a Slave Trader
A sticker on a light post at the corner of Stuyvesant Ave and Gates Ave in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood. The entire sticker reads “Peter Stuyvesant was a slave trader. Peter Stuyvesant trafficked 290 human beings in the first slave auction in…
Eyes Bound With Intention | Bringing Back Bowery
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…
Dream Big | Bringing Back Bowery
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"…
"People Have The Power" | Bringing Back Bowery
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…
"It Is Never My Intention To Harm Anyone" | Bringing Back Bowery
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".…
"... Will be Black" | Bringing Back Bowery
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…