The longest
wall in Paris covered with street art, graffiti, has, for a few weeks, been found
close to the “104” (the Paris City artistic centre on which I have already
posted) and the Gare de l’Est shuntyard, partly on the Rue Riquet-bridge and
partly along Rue d’Aubervilliers. It has been decorated by a number of street
artists, mostly women, in honour of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the well-known Afro-American
civil rights activist, who once, in 1955, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white
man.
A recently
opened metro (RER) station has been named after Rosa Parks.
Here are some
examples of what can be seen in a closer look. Some artist names: Kashink, Katiastrophe, Zepha, Combo,
Vinie.
On the
opposite side of the Rue-Riquet-bridge there is some kind of a van Gogh
portrait by PBOY. It’s amazing to see the technique used.
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5 comments:
I read that Rosa Parks lived until she was 92 years old, in spite of the many attempts on her life. Not such luck for Dr. Martin Luther King and Mr. Medgar Evers, among many other heroes of the civil rights movement.
It happened around the middle of the 20th century? Really? Has anything changed, yet? Has any other race in the United States gone through Hades like the black race did?
The homage from that fairest of all republics and its artists to those heroes is so moving, "un balsamo para el corazon."
What a fantastic post, M. Peter! And your photography as usual is superb.
Loved that "puntillista" portrait of Van Gogh!
Mil gracias
Maria
Quel artiste ce PBoy! Bel hommage à Rosa Park.
The message "One Person Can Change The World" is not true. In reality, it takes a lot more than that.
Rosa Parks was part of an organized community-based movement, rooted in Black churches, universities and rural poverty of the Deep South. She was selected by her peers to take the act she is known for, but she was not alone.
Many lesser known figures in Mississippi and Alabama joined students in registering Blacks to vote, often under the threat of murder by state and local police. Rosa was but one of many who risked their lives for freedom.
Je connais l'histoire de cette femme. Bel hommage !
I am surprised at so many different styles of graffiti, but I really like the fact that so many artists are able to express themselves in public. The Van Gogh portrait is very clever, wish I could paint like that.
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