"Spanning the 50-foot stretch between a hipster tea shop and a bar proudly displaying anti-ICE posters in Bushwick, a public installation by Brooklyn-based artist and photographer Phil Buehler confronts passersby with the names of the estimated 18,500 children killed by Israel in Gaza from October 2023 to July 2025. Amid freezing temperatures on Thursday, February 5, many pedestrians scurried past the list of names on Buehler's temporary "Wall of Tears," which is fastened to a fence at 12 Grattan Street with zip ties."
"Buehler is a Bronx-raised photographer whose public art projects have included portraits of the empty beds of Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces and documentation of Ferguson in mourning after the killing of Michael Brown. His latest work, produced in collaboration with Radio Free Brooklyn, will remain on view until February 15. In a phone call with Hyperallergic, Buehler said he drew the names of children from data compiled by the Gaza Health Ministry, which was also reported by the Washington Postlast summer."
A 50-foot public installation in Bushwick lists the estimated 18,500 children killed in Gaza from October 2023 to July 2025. The banner stretches between a tea shop and a bar and is fastened to a fence at 12 Grattan Street with zip ties. Names were drawn from data compiled by the Gaza Health Ministry and reported by the Washington Post. Names are arranged by date of death; documented gender is indicated by one of two shades of tan, and infant ages are marked "<1." The display was produced in collaboration with Radio Free Brooklyn and remained on view through February 15.
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