Knowledge Breaks Down Barriers Created By Ignorance
Title: Knowledge Breaks Down Barriers Created By Ignorance
Artist: Raul Gonzalez
Painted: July - August 2010
Locale: Garfield, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Narrative: Los Angeles-born artist Raul Gonzalez, along with youth from Phoenix chapters of Youth in Action and Chicanos Por La Causa, created this 6-foot-tall by 95-foot-wide mural. The design depicts many heroes of the Latino(a) experience, as well as family, culture, justice, and education imagery. The piece is not signed. As the artist puts it, "If we put our name on it, then it becomes the artist's piece and not the community's art. We want people to focus on the message and not the artist." This narrative was pulled together from various articles written about the mural, including the Phoenix New Times.
Knowledge Breaks Down Barriers Created By Ignorance
Title: Knowledge Breaks Down Barriers Created By Ignorance
Artist: Raul Gonzalez
Painted: July - August 2010
Locale: Garfield, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Narrative: Los Angeles-born artist Raul Gonzalez, along with youth from Phoenix chapters of Youth in Action and Chicanos Por La Causa, created this 6-foot-tall by 95-foot-wide mural. The design depicts many heroes of the Latino(a) experience, as well as family, culture, justice, and education imagery. The piece is not signed. As the artist puts it, "If we put our name on it, then it becomes the artist's piece and not the community's art. We want people to focus on the message and not the artist." This narrative was pulled together from various articles written about the mural, including the Phoenix New Times.