Beautiful Internet as World Burns
Long mural of hands holding phones with images of friends, homes, butterflies, flowers, and alien cartoons. Backgrounds include purple and green checkered pattern covered in narrowed eyes, flames, and trees.
K-Mart.
Also documented by Sally Pemberton on 2020-06-30.
Also documented on 2020-07-17.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photograph by Froukje Akkerman
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0299
10 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black African Native Unity Messages
Various messages on plywood boards. The left-most board reads "Black African Native Unity" in green, orange, and black spray paint. A message reads (partially in English and partially in images) "Watch my city burn, watch my city grow. Say His Name." Red and green stenciled initials of George Floyd's name can be seen repeating below this sign. The sign on the door reads "Tell The Youth The Truth" in orange and blue spray paint.
South Hennepin County Human Service Center
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2454
2215 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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 text, organic linework in yellow, red, and blue builds an elaborate background for a pair of glowing yellow eyes.
On the rightmost panel, a wash of pale pink creates the base for a similar composition. The words "Love," "Hope," and "Freedom" surround organic linework in shades of blue, brown, and pink, composing a background for a pair of violet eyes. Underneath both panels, text reads "Eyes Bound With Intention" above the artist's Instagram handle.
Cydney Williams
Posted by @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram. Caption: "Another great mural by @cydney_williams @cydneywilliamsstudio at @barprimi on the corner of Bowery and 2nd street"
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Cydney Williams
Image: @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram
325 Bowery, New York, NY, 10003
Justice // George Floyd
The word "Justice" is spelled out, fully capitalized, across a series of windows (covered in plywood). Between the letters S and T, a partial portrait of George Floyd's mid-face, featuring his eyes and eyebrows, is painted in black and white. The rendering places particular emphasis on the highlights in his eyes themselves, creating a more solemn and emotional image, as if he was crying.
Robert Vargas (@therobertvargas)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Robert Vargas (@therobertvargas)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2910
603 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90014
Open Your Eyes
A lavender panel painted with two large eyes and flowers. Text in yellow with black outlines reads "Black Lives Matter/open your eyes, be present, be active."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Anonymous Contributor
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0377
34th and Ceder Avenue