By Karina Patel, Courier Features Editor
Street artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, pays homage to African-Americans, Muslim-Americans, American women, Latino Americans, and American immigrants─all of which are groups our culture deemed “other.”
Fazlalizadeh is best known for her project, “Stop Telling Women to Smile,” which portrays a message about gender-based harassment on the streets. She talked to different women and asked them they wish they could say to those who catcall them, such as “Women owe you nothing” and “I should not feel unsafe when I go outside.”
While this is one her best works, she recently made another fantastic piece in Oklahoma to challenge the idea of white supremacy. According to Fazlalizadeh, this piece was made in light of recent events: “After the election, I immediately knew I wanted to make some public art during my trip to Oklahoma in a few weeks for Thanksgiving,” the artist wrote on Instagram.
The artist also stated how the recent election has left her terrified and angry, and how she has channeled that attitude into her recent pieces. Fazlalizadeh’s project in Oklahoma displays people of different heritages and a very specific choice of words to get her point across to the public.
We can’t wait to see what unique project Tatyana Fazlalizadeh presents to the American public next, but we can surely say it will be very inspiring!
