No Woman No Cry (painting)

[2] Against a golden background, it depicts the portrait of a black woman with braided hair weeping.

Each tear includes a collaged image of Stephen Lawrence, who was murdered in 1993 and whose mother, Doreen, was leading a campaign in 1998 for an inquiry into the failed murder investigation; the campaign for the inquiry was successful, with the final report declaring in 1999 that the police department conducting the investigation was "institutionally racist".

Barely visible in phosphorescent paint (but clearer in dark conditions) are the words "R.I.P.

Ofili was inspired by the dignity of Stephen's mother, Doreen Lawrence, in the face of her personal tragedy.

[2] It was included in a mid-career retrospective of Ofili's work at Tate Britain in 2010, and selected by the Tate as its initial painting to have a high-resolution gigapixel image included in the Google Art Project, together with an image taken in the dark to highlight the phosphorescent paint.