Artist:
Address:
Boyle Heights. Forest and Brooklyn. East Los Angeles.
Size:
18' X 30' ft
Medium:
Acrylic
Date:
1975
Type:
Political
Religious
Description / Interpretation:
This mural has been destroyed. Its imagery alludes to an awakening of a sleeping giant, Islam uprising and protest. The artist illustrated “breaking chains” as “creating change” and fire was used to symbolize the sacrifice that the change requires to happen.
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