George Floyd’s Final Words, Written in the Sky

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Hilary Moss
Jammie Holmes’s “They’re Going to Kill Me (New York City)” (2020). Courtesy of the artist and Library Street Collective
Just after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, as cooped-up New Yorkers spilled onto the Battery Park City esplanade — most in groups of two or three, each stationed a safe distance apart — a small plane glided past the Statue of Liberty and into view over the Hudson River. A banner swelled behind it, which read, “They’re Going to Kill Me.” These were among the last words of George Floyd... The aerial demonstration was the work of Jammie Holmes, an emerging Dallas-based artist. His “They’re Going to Kill Me” project over the weekend might seem like a major departure for an artist just gaining recognition for his figurative paintings, but this was a different way for Holmes to put himself out there.  [More]
Holmes in his studio in Dallas. In the background, “Box Fan Heroes” (2019) and “Mama Raised Me” (2020). Emery Davis, courtesy of Library Street Collective