The ongoing controversy over the Academy Awards' lack of diversity was realized in a street art installation piece left on Melrose Ave. in Hollywood by Plastic Jesus, known for past attention-getting art critical of the Oscars. The artwork is a powerful re-imagining of Elliott Erwitt's famous photo of segregated drinking fountains, but with a movie set makeup table next to a water basin, under signs reading "WHITE" and "COLORED." The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag began as an observation by April Reign,...
The ongoing controversy over the Academy Awards' lack of diversity was realized in a street art installation piece left on Melrose Ave. in Hollywood by Plastic Jesus, known for past attention-getting art critical of the Oscars. The artwork is a powerful re-imagining of Elliott Erwitt's famous photo of segregated drinking fountains, but with a movie set makeup table next to a water basin, under signs reading "WHITE" and "COLORED." The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag began as an observation by April Reign,...
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