These days it seems that almost all of our public space is dominated by commercial advertising. Community murals resist this trend by empowering young people and other community members to work together to express their common concerns, rooted in shared values. In 1998 I painted my first community mural with kindergarteners in a small mountain village in Mexico. In the decade since then I have enjoyed facilitating many other community murals in various locations. Here are a few of them.
This year I visited Cuba -- the island of my roots -- for the very first time. It was a healing journey that unleashed a storm of contradictory emotions. Sorting everything out will probably be a life...
These works explore the vast gulf that exists between the lives of people living in different parts of the world. The global economy binds us all together but does not treat us equally. Some of us are...
Eduardo Alexander Rabel
UNITED STATES
Eduardo Alexander Rabel is a visual artist, muralist, and teaching artist based in New York City. His work critiques injustice and attempts to construct a vision of a more humane, just society. Eduardo was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a Cuban immigrant father and a Kentuckian mother. In 1998... [Read More]
