Go Nakamura
Minneapolis, May/June 2020

Minneapolis, May/June 2020

© 2020 Go Nakamura

Minneapolis, May/June 2020
Minneapolis, May/June 2020
ArtistAmerican, born Japan, 1977
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Minneapolis, May/June 2020
DateMay 30, 2020, printed October 2021
Place depictedMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 18 1/16 in. (30.5 × 45.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 20 1/16 in. (40.5 × 50.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carl Niendorff
Object number2021.711
Not on view

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Department
Photography
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Description

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin arrested and murdered George Floyd in broad daylight. Floyd’s death ignited outrage as a video filmed by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier swept across the Internet. Demonstrations against police violence erupted around the world. Protests were overwhelmingly peaceful, but some, particularly in Minneapolis, were punctuated by individual acts of destruction and engulfed in a fog of police tear gas. The Houston-based photo-journalist Go Nakamura photographed the days of unrest in Minneapolis. This stirring image is a testament to the political moment and a document of the movement toward social justice in policing.


ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
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