God is a DJ

God is a DJ

Mural painting and decoration, American--Michigan--Detroit--21st century.
Music in art.
African American women in art.
Sound recordings--Album covers--United States.

A wheat paste mural that presents a facsimile of artist Osunlade’s 2019 album cover for their record "Aché." The poster showing an African woman with a large afro wearing sunglasses holding a record in one upraised hand and an 8-track cartridge in the other. several records are visible on both sides of the figure at the bottom of the composition. The reflection in her sunglasses shows the arm and needle mechanism of a record player. She wears a high multi-ringed collar necklace, two elaborately decorated and pierced tear-drop shaped earrings, and an identical diamond encrusted bracelet on each wrist. Emerging from each wrist and covering her elbows and hands are what appear to be grasses and plants. The figure appears to wear a intricately decorated breastplate, just visible at the bottom edge of the composition. Her bare shoulders appear above this. Behind her appears to be a bowed window, through which a natural landscape is visible. Signed "Osunlade" in black in the lower left corner.

Christian Carolos Warren [Osunlade]

Murals in the Market

Created: 2019
Photographed: 2022-07-28

ink on paper affixed to plywood

Still Image

DMM-2022-00015

Osunlade Art Print - God Is A DJ | 1xRUN. (2019). https://www.1xrun.com/run/osunlade-god-is-a-dj/

Address: 1798 Erskine St., Detroit MI
Coordinates: 42.351289, -83.040629