Title
Strange Fruit
Coverage
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Description
Two painted panels. The first has an image of a Black woman as a tree. Her neck and shoulder comprise the trunk and roots. Her hair is leaves with birds emerging from it. "Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday 1939," and music notes swirl through the wind around her.
The second panel has more birds in the air and grass along the bottom of the panel. "I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow and that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow, Stevie Wonder 1973," is in the center. The blades of grass have the names of Black people killed by police on them.
The second panel has more birds in the air and grass along the bottom of the panel. "I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow and that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow, Stevie Wonder 1973," is in the center. The blades of grass have the names of Black people killed by police on them.
Source
See also item #859.
Rights
Froukje Akkerman
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
Date
Contributor
SE
Identifier
UAM-GF_1092
Original Format
Painted panel
Comments