Blue with Roses

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Creator

Artists: Ballard

Title

Blue with Roses

Coverage

1010 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Description

Three panels with solid blue backgrounds and red roses and vines.
Black Text:
1. Let the rain come down and wash away my tears. Let it fill my soul and drown my fears. Let it shatter walls and a new sun. (red text) A new day has come.
2. Go on home, George. Get your rest, George. (red text) You changed the world George. red heart as period of sentence.
3.Geroge Floyd

Source

Originally plywood boards on the CVS (third and fourth images)

"Blue with Roses" plywood mural was included in the exhibit, "Justice For George: Messages From The People," on May 22nd, 2021. (First and second images)

Rights

Artists: Ballard
posted on Instagram by @minneapolismurals
Exhibit Photographer: Todd Lawrence and Heather Shirey

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Contributor

CU
Updated: RW

Identifier

UAM-GF_0787

Subject

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.

Original Format

paint

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