Washington DC Murals


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This book showcases some of my favorite Murals from Washington DC. 2020 was a very strange year with the pandemic effecting all of us. It was also a time of tremendous uncertainty. That uncertainly is reflected in the many DC Murals that have appeared across Washington DC. While many of the murals are just beautiful pieces of art, many of them reflect the struggles that our society is facing. Some of the central themes are Black Lives Matter, DC Statehood, and Women's rights. The artists that create these amazing pieces are truly inspiring. The murals reflect raw emotions and provide a reflection of society. While murals use to be dismissed as not real artwork this is no longer the case. The city of Washington DC has embraced murals and even has created a website with maps and information on the artist. The murals are a "visual documentation of Washington, DC's rich history."The murals are found all over the city and help beautify the city. While most of the artists are local many of the murals are created by international artists as well.




DC Street Art


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Famous for its monuments, museums, and galleries, Washington, DC is less known for the amazing street art that decorates its walls, alleys, and shops in many parts of the city and the area suburbs. Here you'll find a mere tip of the iceberg; some of the author's favorites from among the thousands of pieces of Washington's Street Art.




Art in the Streets


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A catalog of an exhibition that surveys the history of international graffiti and street art.




The Interior Building


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The American Story in Art


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This Land


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David Opdyke's massive collage This Land (as elucidated in this book by award-winning author Lawrence Weschler) presents a slow-burning satire of the American Dream as it blunders into the reality of climate change. This Land is an epic mural fashioned by New York artist David Opdyke out of vintage American postcards which he then treated with disconcerting painted interventions. What at first reads as a panoramic birdʼs-eye view of an idyllic alpine valley reveals itself, upon closer examination, to be an array of connected scenes and vignettes. Across more than five hundred postcards, each one portraying a distinct slice of idealized Americana (town squares, mountain highways, main streets and county seats), Opdykeʼs acerbic, emotionally jarring alterations gradually become evident. In this prophetic refashioning, forests are aflame, tornadoes torque from one card into the next, a steamboat gets swallowed up whole by some sort of new megafauna, frogs fall like Biblical hail from the sky. The human responses form a cacophony of desires and demands, panic and denial. Biplanes trail banners urging Repent Now!, others insist Legislative Action Would Be Premature, while still others advertise seats on an actual Ark. The book This Land affords readers a closer and closer viewing of Opdyke’s devastatingly sardonic take on our impending ecological future, one in turn enlivened by Lawrence Weschlerʼs vividly sly blend of artist profile and critical interpretation. Featuring introductory essays providing background on the artist and the project as a whole, This Land also divides the sprawling mural into eight sections to allow for a more intimate viewing. Interspersed among the detailed visual sections are insightful thematic essays by Lawrence Weschler and an afterword that serves as a stirring call to action by civil rights attorney Maya Wiley. Additionally, the book's jacket is printed on both sides, folding out to reveal the work in its full grandeur.




Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.


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“Reconstruct[s] Douglass’s life in the nation’s capital, both at home and in the halls of power, in ways that no other biographer has done” (Leigh Fought, author of Women in the World of Frederick Douglass). The remarkable journey of Frederick Douglass from fugitive slave to famed orator and author is well recorded. Yet little has been written about Douglass’s final years in Washington, DC. Journalist John Muller explores how Douglass spent the last eighteen years of his life professionally and personally in his home, Cedar Hill, in Anacostia. The ever-active Douglass was involved in local politics, from aiding in the early formation of Howard University to editing a groundbreaking newspaper to serving as marshal of the District. During this time, his wife of forty-four years, Anna Murray, passed away, and eighteen months later, he married Helen Pitts, a white woman. Unapologetic for his controversial marriage, Douglass continued his unabashed advocacy for the rights of African Americans and women and his belief in American exceptionalism. Through meticulous research, Muller has created a fresh and intimate portrait of Frederick Douglass of Anacostia. Includes photos! “Muller’s book connects Douglass to the city and neighborhood the way no other project has yet been able to . . . you’re able to re-imagine the man and re-consider the possibilities of the place he once lived.” —Martin Austermuhle, DCist




The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière


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Deluxe presentation of the murals (in glass and marble mosaic, ceramic tile, terracotta, metal, and oil on canvas) of Art Deco artist, Hildreth Meière (1892-1961).




Fathering Words


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A memoir chronicling the growth of a boy into a man and a man into a poet shares stories of childhood, family, responsibility, purpose, and love.




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