Form and Power: Black Murals in Los Angeles

Elliot Pinkney

Elliot Pinkney (1934-2019) was a Compton-based multi-media artist originally from Brunswick, Georgia. He received numerous public commissions from SPARC, the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, the Los Angeles City Library, and the Los Angeles County Health Services to create murals throughout Los Angeles County.

See below for a chronological list of murals by Elliot Pinkney included in this project.



See below a map of murals by Elliot Pinkney included in this project.

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  1. Artist Pages Curtis Fletcher

Contents of this tag:

  1. Peace and Love
  2. All That They Can Be
  3. Getting to know you
  4. Community Heroes
  5. Evolution of the Spirit
  6. Vision and Motion
  7. Ceremony for Smokers
  8. Beacon of Hope