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- Death of Michael Stewart - Wikipedia
On September 15, 1983, aspiring artist and model Michael Stewart left the Pyramid Club in Manhattan's Lower East Side [3] after 2 a m [4] He left the club with a friend, and shared a cab to the nearest subway station at 14th Street and 1st Avenue [4]
- Michael Stewart (1958-1983) | BlackPast. org
Michael Stewart was a New York City graffiti artist who died following an incident with the city’s transit police Although not much is known about his early life, Stewart’s death entered the media on September 15, 1983 at 2:00 a m He was accused of writing on the subway station wall with a felt-tipped marker One hour later, Stewart arrived at the police station with three arresting
- It Could Have Been Me: The 1983 Death Of A NYC Graffiti Artist
Aspiring artist Michael Stewart died at the hands of police in the wake of an aggressive crackdown on graffiti by New York City authorities during the 1980s
- The Legacy of ‘The Man Nobody Killed,’ 25 Years Later - VICE
Hailing from Brooklyn, Black 25-year old artist Michael Stewart joined the emerging East Village art scene in 1983 when he leased his first studio in the Anderson Theater for $25 a month
- The brutal death that politicised New York’s art world - BBC
In 1985, Haring produced his own work, Michael Stewart - USA For Africa, in response to the tragedy: a garish representation of the moment of arrest, featuring Stewart being strangled and
- Art ‘plays an important role in people remembering the atrocities’
“The Man Nobody Killed” is the first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, a young Black artist and model who was killed by police in 1983 Courtesy of Celadon Books Wright: In many ways, Stewart’s case laid the groundwork for our understanding of more recent cases of police brutality
- The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewarts New . . .
The first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the young Black artist and model who was the victim of a fatal assault by police in 1983, from Elon Green, the Edgar Award-winning author of Last Call
- Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story
This exhibit examined Jean-Michel Basquiat’s exploration of Black identity and his protest against police brutality after the death of artist Michael Stewart
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