Andrè Trenier
Freedom from Fear, 2020
Bronx, New York
Photo credit: Andrè Trenier
Inspired by American artist Norman Rockwell's painting of the same name, this mural shows an African American father and mother putting their sons to bed. It recontextualizes the Rockwell painting, which features a similar composition of an American family during the Blitz in World War II. Instead of holding a newspaper with headlines of the Nazi attack on the United Kingdom, the headlines in Trenier’s rendition are about police violence, particularly against Black men and women, in the modern-day United States.
““[Freedom from Fear] is dedicated to the memory of George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, Michael Brown and countless others who lost their lives unnecessarily.”
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安德烈·特雷尼尔 (Andrè Trenier)
《免于恐惧的自由》(Freedom from Fear)，2020 年
纽约市，布朗克斯县
照片来源：安德烈·特雷尼尔 (Andrè Trenier)
这幅壁画的灵感来自于美国艺术家诺曼·洛克威尔的同名画作，描绘了一对非裔美国父母哄儿子睡觉的场景。这幅壁画对洛克威尔的画作进行了二度创作，原作也采用了类似构图来展现第二次世界大战伦敦大轰炸期间的一个美国家庭。在特雷尼尔的作品中，报纸的标题不是纳粹袭击英国，而是现代美国的警察暴力，尤其是针对黑人男性和女性的暴力行为。
“[免于恐惧的自由]是献给乔治·弗洛伊德 (George Floyd)、塔米尔·赖斯 (Tamir Rice)、菲兰多·卡斯蒂利亚 (Philando Castile)、埃里克·加纳 (Eric Garner)、布伦娜·泰勒 (Breonna Taylor)、桑德拉·布兰德 (Sandra Bland)、艾哈迈德·阿伯里 (Ahmaud Arbery)、迈克尔·布朗 (Michael Brown)，以及其他无数原本不必失去生命之人。”