City authorities hope to soothe those who are ‘deeply shocked’ by the comic-strip trail of Belgium’s rich history
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesIn the centre of Brussels, close to the monumental Palais de Justice, is a brightly coloured cartoon painted down a strip of a scruffy four-storey building. Playing on the stories of crime and judgment unfolding in the nearby courtrooms, the mural shows heaven and hell.
Anti-racism campaigners also object to some murals. One, featuring French-American civil rights activist and Jazz Age starhas been tagged with the phrase “decolonise” to denounce what are seen as racist stereotypes. The piece shows a glamorous Baker with a cheetah, being rescued by a white male hero.
“This work of recontextualisation really helps us to better understand certain characters,” Arnaud Pinxteren, Brussels city councillor in charge of urban renovation, told the. “The works and artists are part of history, and history also includes stereotypes and a certain context.” “Behind each image, you also have an author and an artistic intention, which sometimes runs on irony, on caricature,” Preyat added, noting that the artist behind the Palais de Justice mural wanted to satirise what he observed in the courtroom.The Baker mural is also ambiguous, he said.
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