JOANN CARRABBIO AND MARCO ELLIOT:
WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED?




Photo © Robin Dunitz

Date
1993 and 1995

Location
Venice High School
13000 Venice Blvd.

Media Notes
Acrylic, 2 panels
Students from 5 high schools under the direction of art teachers

Description
This dynamic, sophisticated mural integrates the so-called "high art" forms of Cubism and Pop Art with Hip Hop street art, while addressing the underlying causes of the 1992 post Rodney King violence. The title comes from a poem by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.


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