I am a Man mural

Mural by French artist JR

Last weekend Ian and I were out and about on 14th Street running errands and came across this new mural that stopped us in our tracks.   The stark black and white of the image, together with the huge scale and simple message of the protesters gave reason for pause and reflection.

The mural was executed by French artist JR, who won the $100,000 TED prize in 2011 for his pledge to "use art to turn the world inside out." Although JR is an internationally recognized street artist, he rarely works in the US.  The image JR used is Ernest Withers' 1968 photograph of sanitation workers protesting in Memphis, TN.