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Collected Item: “Pandemic Street Art: Art.net exploring street art around the world”

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Pandemic Street Art: Art.net exploring street art around the world

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Web article

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This article captures images of several murals around the world that were tributes to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, and Ahmaud Arbery, Kobe Bryant, and Chadwick Boseman, to doctors and nurses, "as well as messages of hope, strength, and resilience in the face of the global health crisis and ensuing economic downturn."

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pandemic street art, ASU, HST580, social justice, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, and Ahmaud Arbery, BLM, mural, graffiti, paint, mask, satire, humor, RBG, toilet paper, politics, hope, emotion

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https://news.artnet.com/art-world/street-art-2020-1933692

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Sarah Cascone, various artists

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2020-12-31
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