Justice
In Ferguson and St. Louis, an Artist's Quiet Outrage
Damon Davis has long created dynamic works that have helped his divided hometown of St. Louis communicate. In the wake of the Michael Brown case, he's been called to make art that is itself a form of protest.
A week before a grand jury failed to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown, stores along West Florissant Avenue boarded up their windows, anticipating the worst.
St. Louis artist Damon Davis saw the plywood-covered storefronts as an opportunity to say something more. "Hands have been the biggest symbol from this story," says Davis. So he photographed the hands of individuals behind Ferguson's peaceful protests since Brown was killed last August, then wheat-pasting the images on buildings along West Florissant Avenue.