Since that day, many artists have depicted him in murals in public spaces. This is our selection of the best artworks.
Fans in Los Angeles have been gathering outside the Staples Center and various other locations to express their grief. Here a couple of fans pay tribute to Kobe at a mural of the Lakers legend in downtown LA.
Elsewhere in the Philippines, in Taguig City, an artist has been working on an oversized portrait of Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna on the floor of a basketball court.
Basketball was introduced to the Philippines during the American colonial period of the early 1900s and remains the country’s most popular sport.
This mural honoring Kobe and Gianna is on the wall of a sushi restaurant in Austin, Texas. It was created following their deaths by Texas-based artist Laced and Found with the help of Snuk One and Riki Loring. To their left are the words “Black Mamba,” the nickname he had bestowed upon himself.
A number of murals show Kobe with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who was known to her friends as Gigi. She also died in the helicopter crash that claimed the life of her father.
This mural, appeared on the wall of a building on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles on the occasion of Bryant’s final game for the Lakers, on April 13, 2016 in which he scored 60 points. Following his death, many fans came here to pay their respects to Kobe, who played 20 seasons for the Lakers.
In Australia, street artist Lush Sux responded to requests from several Kobe fans to pay his respects to the former shooting guard with a mural, which he painted on a wall in Melbourne. “It seems like people really respected him for his skills and his charity work,” Sux explained.
Artists Muck Rock and Mr79lts captured a happy moment shared by Kobe and his daughter. Written to the right of the depiction of the two are the words: “Kobe – Gigi – Forever Daddy’s Girl.”
