Sunday, August 3, 2008

Mustard Race Riot by Andy Warhol


Mustard Race Riot by Andy Warhol
Mustard Race Riot is a painting about civil rights protests in Alabama, United States, in the 1960s. It was sold $15.1 million in 2004. The painting depicts violence in Birmingham on one large panel, with a blank adjoining panel. Mustard race Riot was inspired by three photographs of police attacks on civil rights demonstrators in May 1963. In this painting Warhol transforms terrifying image of policeman and their dogs confronting civil rights demonstrators.
Mustard Race Riot by Andy Warhol

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