2020 was unlike any year most of us have lived through.
A pandemic. A reckoning. A city that refused to stay quiet.
While Washington DC went into lockdown, something unexpected happened on its streets. Artists picked up their brushes and went to work. What emerged was one of the most powerful collections of public art in the city's history. Murals covering entire building facades. Messages too large to ignore. Emotions too raw to look away from.
This collection captures that moment.
The murals in these pages reflect the defining themes of 2020: Black Lives Matter, DC Statehood, and Women's Rights. Some are defiant. Some are tender. All of them are honest. Together they form a visual record of what Washington DC was feeling, fighting for, and demanding in one of the most turbulent years in recent memory.
Public art has a way of saying what the rest of us struggle to put into words. These artists said it on walls, for everyone to see, free of charge, in one of the most politically charged cities in the world.
This is what Washington DC looked like in 2020. These are the walls that told the truth.
2020 was unlike any year most of us have lived through.
A pandemic. A reckoning. A city that refused to stay quiet.
While Washington DC went into lockdown, something unexpected happened on its streets. Artists picked up their brushes and went to work. What emerged was one of the most powerful collections of public art in the city's history. Murals covering entire building facades. Messages too large to ignore. Emotions too raw to look away from.
This collection captures that moment.
The murals in these pages reflect the defining themes of 2020: Black Lives Matter, DC Statehood, and Women's Rights. Some are defiant. Some are tender. All of them are honest. Together they form a visual record of what Washington DC was feeling, fighting for, and demanding in one of the most turbulent years in recent memory.
Public art has a way of saying what the rest of us struggle to put into words. These artists said it on walls, for everyone to see, free of charge, in one of the most politically charged cities in the world.
This is what Washington DC looked like in 2020. These are the walls that told the truth.
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