The Georgia artist responsible for a large mural featuring Kamala Harris has responded to a viral video of its removal, encouraging everyone to move "on to the next."
The mural, depicting Kamala Harris amidst roses on a bright blue background, sprawled across a building in Atlanta's Historic West End for a month before it was painted over. The video circulating the internet shows a painter covering Kamala's towering image in brick red paint.
"My girl just lost a day ago, like damn," the voice of @glowinggodess27 can be heard chiding in the TikTok.
The artist was quick to respond. "Before I start getting tagged a 100 million times, the mural of Kamala was only and always meant to be a temporary mural," explains artist Christopher Clark.
He acknowledges the viral video but explains that a month earlier, there was a Fight Night mural there. "The murals are meant to only be temporary advertisements, not last a life time," he clarified. Indeed, the mural had the words "vote by November 5" in white bold letters, indicating an expiration date detached from the election's outcome.
Clark alluded to trolls swarming his social media celebrating the removal of his work.
"They are so happy and joyous to see it come down. But you know what brings me joy? Being able to wake up everyday and do what I love for a living," he said.
"No matter who won or who you voted for," Clark continued, "that mural was part of history and I'm proud to have worked on it. On to the next."
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