![]() ![]() For some reason they are saying I am anti-Semitic. The banker group is made up of Jewish and white Anglos. A group of conservatives do not like my mural and are playing a race card with me. I was creating this piece to inspire critical thought and spark conversation. ![]() The symbol of the Free Mason Pyramid rises behind this group and behind that is a polluted world of coal burning and nuclear reactors. They would be playing a board game of monopoly on the backs of the working class. "I came to paint a mural that depicted the elite banker cartel known as the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Morgans, the ruling class elite few, the Wizards of Oz. Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, sought to have the mural removed "The images of the bankers perpetuate anti-Semitic propaganda about conspiratorial Jewish domination of financial and political institutions", he said. Reactions Ī local Jewish Conservative Party councillor likened the mural to antisemitic propaganda in pre-war Germany. The banker group is made up of Jewish and white Anglos,". The artist himself, Mear One, has said that "My mural is about class and privilege. The mural was criticized for using anti-semitic tropes and imagery including stereotypical depictions of Jews, references to finance and the monetary and Masonic associations of the Eye of Providence. Overseeing the scene is an Eye of Providence surrounded by images of industry and protest. It depicted men wearing business suits seated aside bent-over naked figures who formed a table while playing a Monopoly-like board game that rested on the naked figures' backs. Temporary mural in London, England Freedom for Humanityĥ1☃1′13.2″N 0☄′17.9″W / 51.520333°N 0.071639°W / 51.520333 -0.071639įreedom for Humanity was a temporary mural by the American artist Mear One (Kalen Ockerman), painted on a wall in Hanbury Street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in mid-September 2012.
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