Under the Brooklyn Bridge

Bullet Space, publisher

1985–present

Lady Pink, artist

born 1964

Under the Brooklyn Bridge, 1990–1991

Portfolio/Series title: Your House is Mine

Where object was made: New York, New York, United States

Material/technique: screen print

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 584 x 508 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 23 x 20 in

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1994.0025.27

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Access Virtual Exhibition

An idealistic image of a home is spray-painted on a makeshift shelter in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. This print is part of the Your House is Mine portfolio, created in response to the 1989 Tompkins Square Riots in New York City. During these riots police violently removed 300 people without housing who were living in Tompkins Square Park. There are an estimated 580,466 people currently experiencing homelessness in America.

Exhibition Label:
"Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard
The portfolio Your House is Mine was produced in the wake of the 1989 Tompkins Square Riots in New York City; the events surrounding the confrontation of police and radicals over the eviction of squatters in Lower East Side properties and the 300 homeless living in Tompkins Square Park.