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33 powerful Black Lives Matter murals
Jul 05, 2020 2 mins, 23 secs

Artists have turned boarded-up businesses into powerful Black Lives Matter art.

Memorials to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, as well as others who were killed by police, graced many walls; another way of saying Black Lives Matter.

Above, Gaia WXYZ’s mural Black Girls Deserve Better.

I wanted to channel that frustration into a message that could uplift,” she said over Instagram.

It’s Murder painted by Liliana Rivera “was inspired by the anger I felt towards people trying to justify what is happening to black people, I wanted to simplify that truth - it’s murder.

That’s what’s happening, law enforcement doesn’t have the right to murder people” she said over Instagram.

Left, Fabio Esteban Amador commented about his piece Hope (Esperanza) by Instagram message: “The power of the image in times of uncertainty becomes the impetus for change in our society.” Instagram: @fabioesteban.

Mural artist Lola Lovenotes writes about her mural commemorating Breonna Taylor, who “was murdered over 3 months ago by police officers and they still have not been charged,” she said in a message over Instagram.

When we say Black Lives Matter, we need to make sure Black women are included in our demands for justice too!” (The brackets are hers.) Instagram: @lovenotes.

Left, mural by @sotethegoat @art_stocks.

Right, mural of Ida B.

Wells by @maevecahill who explains her inspiration for the piece via Instagram message: “Ida B Wells once said ‘There is no educator like the press,’ which became the catalyst for my train of thought regarding the lack of truth in the media we experience and consider educational in the 21st Century.

In a message over Instagram Amir Diop gives insight into a large scale mural he painted on Broadway in Soho.

Left, Amir Diop’s 400 Years “represents that throughout America history people didn’t think about what black people go through in America.

Right, piece by @melvinqphysique.

“It allows you to see that nothing has changed, and that instead racism, law enforcement, our judicial system has shown it’s true colors into their intentions and unwillingness to do what’s right by black people.“ Instagram: @7soulsdeep.

Left, piece by Moving on earth (Moe) writes via Instagram message about his work: “I feel that at the end of the day we are all human beings.

And it saddens me deep down inside that Black people have been murdered.

Left image: New York is Closed Until Justice is Real by @tylerivesnyc, and piece to the right by @saralynne.leo.

Left panel painted by Shaina Eve Cintron, who said over Instagram message, “She is the mother to all lost children and the guidance we needed in this time.

It took him about three days to finish this monochromatic piece of Taylor depicted as “a new monument for a new future,” he said.

Left and right images, artist(s) unknown, Oakland, CA

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