Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne painted a portrait of George Floyd for gallery Blank White Space, in his signature style where the face is obscured and the fabric or cloths are painted in vivid colour-in this case, Floyd is wrapped in American flag. Titled HAS TO SHOP, the paniting is being sold in an edition of 150 Giclee prints, with half the proceeds going to Floyd's family and half to the artist.
Mayne comments:
''BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE SEEN OR TREADED AS IF THEY ARE NOT HUMAN AND NOT PART OF THIS SOCIETY...
I AM BLACK, I WILL ALWAYS BE BLACK, IT IS NEVER WRONG TO BE BLACK''