The Artist Statements project is an ever-evolving creative tribute to the agonies and the ecstasies of Black American life. Here, 10 Black artists share their thoughts on life in America right now
© Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.George Floyd, forty-six, black, was, on Monday, May 25th, 2020, murdered by Derek Chauvin, forty-four, white, a former Minneapolis Police Officer. The alleged use of a counterfeit bill fueled the arrest, and, quite shockingly but historically unsurprisingly, George Floyd, handcuffed, lying facedown, found himself trapped underneath the weight of Chauvin’s knee.
He was trapped, a child, enveloped in fear and desperation, from which rescue was singularly bound in his mother’s protection — deceased as she may be — she was, no doubt, in the face of everything, and within the cascade of unfathomable moments, his absolute best hope. Hope, ultimately, was defeated. Mr. Floyd was further restrained by two officers. A fourth officer prevented local residents, along with their collective pleading for mercy, from intervening and helping Mr.
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