A new mural has been unveiled at Brixton Tube station.
The Congregation, by London-based artist Rudy Loewe, is composed of 20 different vignettes celebrating Brixton’s rich history.
It features depictions of the Windrush generation, as well as SisterMatic – a 1980s sound system in south London which provided a safe space for Black lesbian women.
Other local landmarks include 103 Railton Road, a reference to artist Pearl Alcock and the underground shebeen she ran for Black gay men in the 1990s.
The mural also features Marcia Rigg, whose brother Sean Rigg died in police custody in 2008 at Brixton police station.
Loewe said: “I really wanted to show that there is grief, joy, sensuality, resistance and create these different layers within the work.”
They added: “Brixton is such a special place and as a Black person and someone who is of Caribbean heritage I really wanted to make sure those elements were embedded.”
Loewe’s work is the ninth in a series of commissions by Art on the Underground, and will be displayed at the station for the following year.
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