Hands Up…Against The Wall

 

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Leonard Blair hangs Damon Davis’ artwork on plywood covered windows in Ferguson, MO. Hands up. All sizes, ages, colors, genders, in black and white photos. Pasted over raw plywood on windows boarded up in anticipation of the grand jury decision.

Beautiful and instantly iconic.

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Once again, Black improvisation, under siege and defying oppression, produces brilliant art. But at what human cost?

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