{"id":3791,"date":"2014-12-15T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booyorker.wpengine.com\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2018-08-28T20:17:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:17:44","slug":"artwork-focuses-ferguson-new-york-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booyorkcity.com\/artwork-focuses-ferguson-new-york-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Artwork focuses on Ferguson and New York deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
AN artist horrified by the killings of unarmed black men by police officers in Ferguson and New York has created a new work \u2013 accusing everyone<\/em> of being responsible for the deaths.<\/p>\n Night of a Thousand Eyes, <\/em>by artist Boo Paterson,<\/em> focuses on the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.<\/p>\n The paper-cut shows a black hand sinking into an abyss, as multiple disembodied eyes stare out at the viewer.<\/p>\n Paterson says: \u201cI was so shocked when I heard the Ferguson cop Darren Wilson was not indicted for the killing of Michael Brown \u2013 the decision seemed completely retrograde, like one that would have been made in the 40s or 50s.<\/p>\n \u201cThen when Eric Garner was throttled in New York there was this sense that injustice was being heaped on injustice.”<\/p>\n