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 across the foreground are a series of text. Discernible in white across Floyd's face is a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Overlaid above that, in the background, is the same quotation in blue. A final layer reads "walk with hate // love" with hate crossed out, so that only love remains. "George Floyd Matters" is written faintly above Floyd's head and the artist's signature "So Many Possibilities" is visible below.
Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities)
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr. in his speech, Loving Your Enemies.
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Artist: Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities)
Photographer: Impermanent Art (@impermanent_art)
UAM-GF_2912
1507 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90291
Four Messages of Hope
Four separate messages of hope. From left to right:
A yellow and red mural reading "Earth Medicine." The next is an abstract burst of blues, purples, and browns. The center of the burst is yellow and contains a quote by Assata Shakur, "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win." The third is a red flower-like painting with the phrase "We must love each other & support each other." The final mural features another flower-like painting in greens, blues, purples, and yellows with another quote by Assata Shakur, "We have nothing to lose but our chains."
The Medicine Wheel painting is by Erik Newberg; the other paintings are by Chelsey Luciow
Chelsey Luciow, Erik Newberg
South Hennepin County Human Service Center
Also documented on 04/22/2021 (Items #2568, #2578, #2566)
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Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2458
2215 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Marsha P. Johnson Mural
A quote by Marsha P. Johnson accompanied by a portrait. The quote reads "How many years has it taken for people to realize that we are all brothers + sisters and human beings in the human race?" The portrait is surrounded by a halo of yellow, pink, and blue.
South Hennepin County Human Service Center
Also documented on 04/22/2021 (Item #2563)
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Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2457
2215 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
The World is Ours
A mural depicting a Black woman in a flowing blue dress. She has gold hoop earrings that echo the halo encircling her head. Dripping flowers in oranges, yellow, and pink surround her. The words "The World is Ours" are floating to the right of the figure. It is signed "Grover H. '21, @spourmo."
Grover Hogan
Midtown Global Market
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Creator: Grover Hogan (@spourmo)
Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2446
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Community Mural and Quote
A quote accompanied by an abstract mural across three plywood boards. The right panel contains a quote in light pink block letters with a black outline reading "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is broken. -L.H." The L.H. stands for American poet Langston Hughes. The middle panel mainly contains a scene with a spotted creature. Finally, the left panel contains abstract colors and icons (flags, smiley faces, etc) with names and acronyms. BLM and HLM (Black Lives Matter and Hispanic Lives Matter) feature throughout the mural.
Midtown Global Market
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Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2440
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
The Children Are the Future...
Orange writing on the sidewalk reading "The Children Are the future...Teach them Well, And let them Lead the Way!" The punctuation of the exclamation point is a heart.
George Floyd Square
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Photographer: Rebekah Coffman
UAM-GF_2236
George Floyd Square, 38th & Chicago, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black Lives Matter Garage Mural
Private residence parking garage door with stylized text reading “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. See, respect, treasure and protect Black lives.” Philo is written on the slant of the ‘s’ in ‘lives’.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nicole Petersen
UAM-GF_2075
Minneapolis, MN, USA
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.
In the center of the work, a quotation emerges from the unpainted plywood. The quote reads: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - MLK #bemighty." Underneath the quote, to the left of the trees, a list of names emerges from a field of flowers. Outlined in green paint, a quick glance could lead the names to be mistaken as part of the greenery that blooms in the red.
The names are not all clear, but include: Nehemiah Dillard, 2012; Melvin Lawhorn, 2012; Marquez Smart, 2012; Michael Lembard, 2012; Tendai Mhekaira, 2012; Stephan Watts, 2012; Rekia Boyd, 2012; Johnnie Kamahi Warren, 2012; Malik Williams, 2011.
The names listed are all of Black individuals murdered by police officers in the years listed beside their names. This list is not a conclusive list of all Black people murdered in 2011-2012 by police.
Sally Young
Posted by @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram. Caption: "Amazing mural by @sallysonegun at the Bowery Bar and Grill"
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Artist: Sally Young
Image: @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram
40 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003
Language of the Unheard
Graffiti in black paint on plywood reading "A riot is the language of the unheard. MLK"
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photograph by Sally Pemberton
UAM-GF_1630
Stevens Square, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Be The Change You Wish to See in the World
Mural with yellow to purple gradient. Three birds at the right. "Be the CHANGE you wish to see in The WORLD ~ Gandhi" in black text.
Aryn Lill
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Froukje Akkerman
UAM-GF_1120