Mural

Philadelphia Move Mural

This mural is to bring awareness and inform viewers about the 1985 MOVE bombing; when the Philadelphia Police Department dropped an explosive device in a neighborhood in West Philadelphia. The only time a bomb has been dropped on a neighborhood by a police department in the history of the United States.

On view in the Stella Elkins hallway in the basement at Tyler School of Art & Architecture.

Painting Process

Philadelphia Move Mural, early stage: the doorway, rubble and red statistics blocked in on the wall

Philadelphia Move Mural, middle stage: the rubble, rowhouses and Osage Avenue sign painted in

Philadelphia Move Mural, late stage: the full red statement painted across the top of the wall

Refined Sketches

Refined sketch of the mural: the doorway, rubble and teddy bear drawn in black ink with the red statistics

Refined sketch of the mural: the broken wall and rubble behind a chain-link fence, with the mailbox and street signs

Rough Sketches

Rough sketch of the mural: the burning row-house street in one-point perspective with MOVE! rising in the smoke

Rough sketch of the mural: a State Police helicopter above the smoke, MOVE stacked down the street, and news cameras in the foreground

Rough sketch of the mural: MOVE painted along the street with the helicopter overhead

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