In Untitled (for Trayvon), artist Devan Shimoyama transforms the familiar hoodie—an everyday item of clothing—into an object of powerful beauty. The hoodie refers to Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed while walking home from a convenience store in 2012. He was wearing a hoodie at the time of his death. Oversized, suspended in midair, and adorned with surface decoration, Untitled (for Trayvon) memorializes black victims of violence in America.

For Shimoyama, his use of the hoodie in his artwork comes from his everyday life: "While walking around my own neighborhood in Philadelphia where I grew up, I noticed signs saying that hoodies were no longer allowed to be worn in schools, as they had become associated with dangerous individuals [. . .] They would be vilified and criminalized based on an article of clothing." In place of racist violence, this hoodie seeks to inspire hope and renewal: "To be showered in roses is much more celebratory than being showered in tears. I’m thinking of an entire yard of flowers growing and blossoming so life can go on, move forward," the artist has explained.