Fred Hampton’s Door 2, 1975 by #DanaCChandlerJr aka #AkinDuro, Acrylic paint on wood. In 1967, Dana Chandler witnessed Boston police using violence to stop a peaceful civil rights protest, an event which triggered his commitment to the Black Power movement to effect social change. Fred Hampton’s Door 2 is a statement against Chicago police who had murdered a young Black Panther, Fred Hampton, in his bed, by frst shooting through his door. The frst Fred Hampton’s Door was a small, square trompe l’oeil painting of a bullet hole-ridden door. When it was stolen from a Boston exhibition, Chandler reconceived the work using an actual door for greater emotional impact. In 1970, Chandler also used the original composition for an edition of black and white prints. From the #SoulOfANation exhibit from @tate .. #ArtAboveReality #LookWhatArtFound #Inspiring #Art #Curator #PhotoJournalism #PhotoJournalist #StreetPhotography #ArtJournalism #ArtPhotography #photoaday #photo #artist #contemporaryart #CollectingArt #FineArt #Painting #Door #installationart #chicago #blackhistorythrougharts (at Tate Modern)
