Beauty Shop and Police Brutality

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

Beauty Shop and Police Brutality

Date

1970

Creator

Unknown See all items with this value

signed Samabe Shabaks See all items with this value

Description

The right section reflects the tenet of “policing the police.” The officers’ stance is eerily similar to Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd and the fire extinguisher underscores the scene’s violence. The left speaks to racialized beauty standards and “Black is Beautiful” messaging of the 1960s and 70s.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Black power See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Black Feminism

Black nationalism

Black Panther Party (BPP)

Graffiti

Police brutality

Current Location

2nd Floor, West Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University

Location

Houston

Texas

United States

Type

Murals

Additional Techniques

Mural painting

Measurements

72 in x 81 in

72 in x 81 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

69

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0274

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

Collection

Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value