The Brazilian artist ACME has dedicated a 360 square meter mural in the port region of Rio de Janeiro to commemorate the struggle of blacks in the USA and Brazil.
The mural “Visions of Resistance, Dreams of Liberty” portrays American and Brazilian leaders in the history of black civil rights movements in both countries.
The art was sponsored by the US diplomatic mission in Brazil and the city council in the port of Rio, part of a cultural initiative between the two countries.
The mural, announced to be painting on May 25, the day US police painted a year after George Floyd’s death, is said to commemorate the history of slavery and through art some of the key names behind the successes in the Fight for racial equality in Brazil and the USA.
The city council has allocated a section of the port of Rio, now called “Wonderful Port”, to highlight artistic works such as graffiti and the painting of various other artists.
The mural is located near the ruins of the old port where tens of thousands of Africans were traded and enslaved.
The work of Carlos Esquivels, known as ACME, can be seen on walls across the city, much of it in the populous favelas, where he focuses on the issues of revival and social justice.
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