Artist: B Pazant
"The Tear of a Nation" presents a haunting vision of America in moral crisis. The Statue of Liberty, cracked and weathered, weeps a single blue tear as armed state agents fire into a crowd of silhouetted protesters beneath a battered American flag. Rendered in gritty graffiti textures and distressed urban surfaces, the image fuses classical symbolism with contemporary street protest, collapsing history and present into one charged moment of reckoning.
Liberty, long celebrated as a beacon of hope, is here transformed into a grieving witness — her sorrow marking the distance between national ideals and lived reality. The fractured wall, bleeding color and scarred by decay, becomes both archive and battlefield, carrying the weight of unresolved violence, state power, and collective resistance. Against this backdrop, the protest sign — "Stop Killing Us" — emerges as a raw plea for recognition, survival, and justice.
Rather than sensationalizing violence, the composition centers grief, restraint, and moral urgency. The single tear becomes the emotional fulcrum of the piece — a quiet yet devastating indictment of a history that continues to repeat itself. Through stark contrast and symbolic compression, The Tear of a Nation asks a timeless question: What becomes of freedom when its promise is no longer protected?
This work stands as both lament and warning — a visual elegy for lost innocence, and a call to confront the consequences of silence.
Limited Edition - 36x24 Signed Digital Print (200 available)