Billboards at George floyd square show connection, unity
From the Saint Paul Monitor
Two of the Social Justice Billboard Project billboards as seen from the opposite corner at George Floyd Square. (Photo by Jill Boogren)
Two new artist-created billboards are up on the rooftops at George Floyd Square.
Part of the Social Justice Billboard Project, “La Conneccion,” by Maria Cristina “Tina” Tavera, and an untitled work by Patience Zalanga now sit side by side atop Cup Foods at 38th and Chicago.
Billboards by 11 artists, from Minneapolis and around the country, have been installed at the Square since the project launched in July 2020. Initiated by NE Sculpture I Gallery Factory in response to the murder of George Floyd, the idea for the project came as gallery director John Hock was helping place Peyton Scott Russell’s large portrait of George Floyd, “Icon of a Revolution,” in the Square in the days following Mr. Floyd’s death.
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