Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TN

60 x 80 cm

Next edition no. 1 out of 36

$ 460

Artwork by Azikiwe Mohammed

About the artwork

Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TN is the the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination but currently/dually the site of the National Civil Rights Museum. The Lorraine was one of the few places Blacks were allowed to stay in Memphis, and even after his assassination remained a low-rent flexible timed housing option for those in need of such. People lived in The Lorraine right up until the construction of the National Civil Rights Museum, with the last resident (Jacqueline Smith) being forcibly ejected and left with nowhere to live. She still can be found protesting outside of the National Civil Rights Museum in the exact spot she landed when they threw her from The Lorraine.

Superb paper quality

Our paper comes from centuries-old maker Hahnemühle FineArt, whose products have been used by countless artists throughout history

Signed limited edition

These aren’t posters; they’re the same unique small-batch artworks that you’d find at a gallery

Our frames

We use aluminum frames crafted in Germany by our premium supplier Halbe Rahmen

Even progress has its costs

“A place of togetherness”

"Multimedia artist and photographer Azikiwe Mohammed makes work that straddles the line between playful exuberance and serious social commentary—in fact, it holds that line extremely well,” critic Terence Trouillout has written...

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