Roma, 28 Apr. (askanews) – In Los Angeles Laika start the new project States of Injustice – Chapter 2: The Collapse of Democracy. The first intervention is a mural a Melrose Avenue: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) falls on an American tank, destroying it, with the writing “There is no peace without human rights”.
Laika’s mural in Los Angeles: why now
The artist intervenes in one critical phase of the United Statesbetween inequalities, racism and crisis of the rule of law. «The new Trump presidency and the rise of MAGA culture are profoundly transforming the country: a model based on racism, deportations, repression of dissent and social polarization.”
The denunciation of the US role
Laika also denounces the international role of the USAbetween wars, destabilization and a system that “continues to legitimize violence as a political and economic tool”. During the work he met the street artist Shepard Fairey (OBEY)marking the launch of the project in the United States.
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