Juice WRLD and Frankie Knuckles murals painted over in Chicago
nme.comJuice WRLD and Frankie Knuckles have been mysteriously painted over in Chicago.The murals dedicated to the Chicago icons were a part of street gallery in the city’s West Loop neighbourhood called The B_Line, and have been completely painted over in brown paint.
As reported by The Chicago Reader, artists from all over the world have contributed to the collection of street art.This is the second time that one of the Frankie Knuckles murals has been vandalised.
In 2021, one of his murals was splashed with white paint as part of a series of attacks on murals of Black figures in Chicago.A post shared by Block Club Chicago (@blockclubchi)also this one over by the juice wrld mural pic.twitter.com/EcyWONL7aW— JWILLI (@jwilli_official) July 22, 2020Chief curator and managing director Levar Hoard told Block Club Chicago: “Whoever destroyed the murals did it intentionally because its location is well known and attracts tons of people to the neighbourhood.
We’re trying to get the bottom of it.”Attorneys have been contacted, as Hoard believes that the artists whose work was destroyed should receive compensation.Corey Pane, the artist behind the Juice WRLD mural, told RA: “I’m not sure exactly what happened—we’re still trying to figure that out.
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