June 30, 2004
Black Eye Girl
This example of paste-up
street art on Ludlow St. in the Lower East Side of New York
forces the viewer to consider the issue with the image of a child victim of
violence. The piece is
a drawing of a little girl's disembodied head, her right eye
blackened and her nose drips blood as if she
had been struck. The
illustration style of the picture is like that of a
children's book, which makes the image all the more
disturbing and effective. What's more, the drawing is pasted
on the wall of a tenement building across from a large
public school. Has the girl been atacked by
school bullies?
Ivan Corsa Photo
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