Sherita’s shocking history about to be revealed for the very first time!
The Sherita sign was a Brooklyn icon at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Classon Ave. I remember seeing it for the first time the morning after a party in Crown Heights in the early 2000s. Fuel Oil? Fossil fuels? Who was she? A dinosaur? I was hungover, possibly still drunk, amused by her glamor.
Now she’s gone, and we can only hope that landlords and fossil fuels also go the way of Sherita...
*The scarf, commemorating the now erased sign at 1025 Atlantic Avenue, captured the attention of journalist Debbie Nathan who wanted to know more about Sherita’s origins when she saw the scarves in progress in my studio. When did the sign first appear? Who painted it? Who painted over it and why? Nathan found the available press on the topic superficial at best and dug in to discover the incredible true story of Sherita: