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,” channeled some of that feminist spirit: It was painted in an effort to curb violence against girls in her neighborhood. Standing three stories high on a Bloomingdale brownstone in front of a rainbow of stars — red gloves raised, feet in a fighting stance — “Boxer Girl” has a don’t-mess-with-me look on her face, like some sort of urban scarecrow. Many neighbors did not approve. For months, they called meetings to have the “hideous” mural removed.
” mural — which Lady Gaga is said to have visited — might seem like a departure from “Boxer Girl,” it came out of a similar urge to “create spaces that help us see each other as humans,” the artist says.started learning about the spectrum of colors associated with the chakras, which inspire her rainbow-infused works. She welcomes the associations with the LGBTQ+ movement but adds that her work expands the colors of the pride flag to a 12- or 13-color spectrum. “It’s really referring to the intersections of all of our lived identities,” she says. “I see it as the colors of the human flag.”Thalhammer recently collaborated with area artists Nia Keturah and Maggie O’Neill on a mural, “Together,” at the intersection of Ninth Street and Naylor Court NW.
memorialized the go-go scene; honored Lee’s Flower Shop, one of the few Black businesses in the neighborhood to survive the 1968 riots; and highlighted Dorothy Height, a civil and women’s rights activist, at 3211 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Congress Heights. “I love what she represents,” he says. “She has a lot of light, and I feel like you can just understand her personality just from looking at my mural.” Crosby has wanted to be an artist since elementary school and credits a teacher for his love of bold color and his serious approach. “Mrs.
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