A gigantic Afro hair pick, decorated with a peace sign and surmounted by a clenched Black fist, popped up in Lafayette Square on Friday evening. A social media video shows New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell pulling away sheeting to expose the estimated 24-foot-tall steel creation of artist Hank Willis Thomas. In a tweet, Cantrell declared the new addition to the city’s streetscape “Breathtaking.” [More]
Yeah, he’s a regular Michelangelo.
I’m sure historians will find that much more relevant to the cultural development of the city than these, done in a style that required, you know knowledge, hard work, and talent.
[Via WiscoDave]
