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    Beyond the Canvas

    An art blog with opinions

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    The Brixton riots 40 years on
    Beyond the Canvas
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Brixton riots 40 years on

    "I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. A riot is the language of the unheard." Martin Luther King, Jr. This, of course, is true for America and anywhere else a minority is affected and marginalised by structural racism and social inequalities. With its hard-line anti-immigration rhetoric and authoritarian agenda, Thatcher Britain weaponised systemic racialised over-policing against Black communities, abusing stop and search powers with anyone sus
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    Amy Sherald's portrait of Breonna Taylor
    Beyond the Canvas
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Amy Sherald's portrait of Breonna Taylor

    It's been 176 days since Breonna Taylor was killed. Breonna was 26-year-old, she worked as an emergency room technician and was on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. She was struck down by at least 8 shots fired by Louisville Metro Police Department officers executing a so-called no-knock warrant. Amy Sherald (b.1973) is no stranger to telling stories about Black people. For 20 years she has been doing so in her unique and deceptively understated realist style. Her
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