"STOP KILLING US!" "BLM" and "Justice for George Floyd Works
George Perry Floyd (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020) was a 46-year-old Black American man who was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. Floyd’s murder sparked an international movement for Black Lives Matter, the largest civil rights movement of the century. On March 12, 2021, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family. On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for his crimes.
Three works:
"Justice for George Floyd" inside an abstract flower.
"BLM" and a Black Power Fist in the center of a rainbow with hearts.
A Black woman with "STOP KILLING US!" on a red stripe over her eyes.
@slugblood
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Froukje Akkerman
UAM-GF_0862
Peoples Organic at 3001 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
George Floyd Angel
The mural prominently features a stylized portrait of George Floyd with a halo and angel wings. Next to him is a stop sign that reads “Stop Killing Us”. Floyd is green with a heart below him, and the words “Justice For George Floyd.”
Amber Blake (@freepunchesintheface)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: Amber Blake (@freepunchesintheface)
Photograph: Andy Townsend
UAM-GF_2114
Orpheum Theater, 216 State St, Madison, WI, USA
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."
Katharen Wiese
Sandy's Bar.
From the artist: "Over a month ago I began plans to make paintings in my studio referencing the murder of Ahmaud Arbery who was shot by two white men, his own neighbors, while he was going on a regular jog. They hunted him down because they thought he fit the description of a house robber. The description meaning being black, which is warrant enough for your murder in this country. .
3 weeks ago when I watched the video of George Floyd's murder in broad daylight, with overwhelming urges from onlookers to stop, by officers sworn to protect him, I wanted to channel my grief into something more than a quickly imposing downward spiral. I felt if I was going to make art, it had to be more than a pretty picture to be consumed. .
I believe commercial galleries can nurture the creation of unimaginative and unchallenging art because structurally most are not built to reward innovation but what is most readily profitable. I don't want to make work which will only be seen by the gallery going type, owned only by the wealthy, or made to confront only those who already agree with me. I decided to take my portraits of Ahmaud off the metaphorical easel bound for the gallery and into the street. .
It took me less than 10 hours over the course of three days to paint. It's titled "west, when the sunrise and the sunset look the same", made with spray paint, oil paint, and acrylic on plywood over Sandy's Bar at 14th and O St in Lincoln, NE. This is the first of two pieces, this one an image of death, the next an image of the sunrise, of the son rise. Together they represent the similarity between worship and death both being acts of arm high surrender: images of a universe I question there is a context where black people are safe whether it's a domestic street or a church pew. .
This work is about black excellence, about a literal suit which functions as armour which will be in the next painting. About the excellence demanded of black men and black people to dress better than the next mediocre white American, to work harder than them, to speak better, all because without this we are seen as subhuman; an excellence which even in our pursuit of, even in Ahmaud's jog, could not fully protect him."
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402.429.0812, katharen.wiese@gmail.com
NE
UAM-GF_0264
14th and 0 St
Stop Killing Us! Portrait
A portrait of a black woman with an afro. The words "Stop Killing Us!" in white letters are on a red banner that covers her eyes.
slugblood
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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CU
Artist: @slugblood
posted on Instagram by @minneapolismurals
UAM-GF_0740
3001 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Stop Killing Us
Simple black graffiti reading "Stop Killing Us" painted on a pull-down door.
This door is evidently tagged frequently, as made evident by past buffs.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Minnesota
UAM-GF_Griggs
431 N Griggs Street
Stop killing us
A photo of the grey exterior of a building with a white, metal door. (The kind of door you see on parking ramps.). The door has been spray painted with a white base coat. Large black letters spell out: "stop killing us"
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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LA
Photographer: KBK
Across the street from Gordon Parks High School
Stop Killing Us
A spray-painted plyboard reads "BLM" and painted inside a stop-sign shape reads "STOP KILLING US".
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Emily Magyar
UAM-GF_2361
75th St & 22nd Ave, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
We Still Demand
"We Still Demand" stenciled in black on white painted plywood panels. Additional stenciled text can be read on the panels. A painted pallet is additionally leaned against the panels which reads "Stop Killing Us."
George Floyd Square
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Rachel Weiher
UAM-GF_2919
3759 Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55407