Brittany Howard's Tiny Desk concert

Alabama Shake's Brittany Howard's gritty storytelling is in full force in her Tiny Desk concert.

SET LIST "Stay High" "Georgia" "Baby" "Goat Head"
MUSICIANS Brittany Howard: vocals, guitar; Nate Smith: drums; Alex Chakour: guitar; Brad Allen Williams: guitar; Zac Cockrell: bass; Lloyd Buchanan: keys; Paul Horton: keys; Shanay Johnson: vocals; Karita Law: vocals CREDITS Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Kara Frame, Beck Harlan, CJ Riculan; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR

Tyler Green's Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Lari Pittman

Wonderful podcast by Tyler Green featuring artist Lari Pittman.
The Hammer Museum at UCLA is featuring the exhibition “Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence,” a retrospective of Pittman’s nearly forty-year career. 

Tyler writes:

The exhibition reveals Pittman’s engagements with America’s history and with issues and subjects that have been core to our history and identity, including landscape, violence, citizenship, belonging and more. The exhibition was curated by Hammer chief curator Connie Butler. It is on view through January 5, 2020. The excellent exhibition catalogue was published by DelMonico Prestel. Amazon offers it for $51.

We Need LGBTQ Voices! Please Register to Vote

A recent @WilliamsPolicy study found 21% of the LGBTQ population in the United States is not registered to vote.

Please join us in raising awareness of the vital importance of voting, which begins with registering to vote: https://t.co/Lm6002WdSS

— Matthew Shepard Foundation (@MattShepardFDN) October 18, 2019

Bruce Springsteen discusses the films that had a big influence on his music

John Mayer covers ‘Tougher than the rest’ - Bruce Springsteen

Rest In Power Elijah Cummings

WATCH: Elijah Cummings in June:

"200 to 300 years from now, people will look back on this moment and they will ask the question, what did you do? ... I may be dancing with the angels when all of this is corrected, but I've got to tell you, we must fight for our democracy." pic.twitter.com/6Mk1OWnbni

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 17, 2019

Please read Barack Obama's thoughts on the passing of Elijah Cummings:

This speech gave me goosebumps. The last words from Elijah Cummings' 92-year-old mother were, “Do not let them take the vote away from us.”

“There are efforts to stop people from voting. That's not right! This is not Russia. This is the United States of America!” #RIPElijah pic.twitter.com/CBrAVLzt4j

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 17, 2019

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Happy International Pronouns Day!

Happy International Pronouns Day!

She/Her/Hers.

He/Him/His.

They/Them/Theirs.

Calling people by the correct pronouns matters. #PronounsDay pic.twitter.com/2sDmNBWGHP

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 16, 2019

It's really quite simple:

Pronouns are important to everyone, not just LGBTQ people.

If you were a cisgender male (assigned male at birth and identifying as male) but referred to as she/her, you'd be uncomfortable, right?

Now, turn that into empathy for us.#PronounsDay

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) October 16, 2019

In honor of International #PronounsDay...

Purposefully misgendering trans people:
❌ Extremely not nice
❌ Rude rude rude
❌ Something Voldemort would do

Respecting trans people:
✔️ 100% free
✔️ Is the right thing to do
✔️ Proves you can be in a society
✔️ Did we mention free pic.twitter.com/0hrjkyyTtt

— National Center for Transgender Equality (@TransEquality) October 16, 2019

NursingNow Nightingale Challenge

Kamala Harris on Love

@kamalaharris at her best. (Which is very, very good.) https://t.co/gP9f5mNrXk

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 11, 2019

Love Is Love!

Happy National #ComingOutDay! Be Loud, Be Proud, Be You!

Happy National #ComingOutDay

! Be Loud, Be Proud, Be You! #NCOD

#NOH8

Robert De Niro Compares Donald Trump To A Gangster | The Graham Norton Show

Bruce Springsteen Broke Into Graceland To Meet Elvis Presley | The Graha...

Trans People Belong

Today, for the first time in history, the Supreme Court will hear a trans civil rights case.

Let's do this. #RiseUpOct8 pic.twitter.com/jEN8HuErXK

— ACLU (@ACLU) October 8, 2019

Bruce Springsteen - Sundown (Film Version)

On my recent road trip across the American West, I often listened to Springsteen's haunting Americana soaked "Western Stars". 2500 miles from where I want to be indeed. Enjoy.

Ghost Rider

Memory coats the American West like photographic silver. It only takes a bit of light to bring out the past hiding in the shadows. Driving across the vast landscape, I am conscious of the countless Native American souls that inhabit the land. Many are living and many have passed on.  
There is a presence in the red dust and auburn rocks that speaks beyond time. I am humbled. My painting "Ghost Rider" is inspired by these shadows of memory. In my work a modern, hat wearing person seems to nod to the ghostly apparition of a Native American rider in the middle ground. I can hear Robbie Robertson's plaintive voice in the distance:

Crow has brought the message
to the children of the sun
for the return of the buffalo
and for a better day to come
You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
for not believing in your god
and some world down below
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
My sister above
She has red paint
She died at Wounded Knee
like a later day saint
You got the big drum in the distance
blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
when the buffalo cry
You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again
Crazy Horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And Sitting Bull the great apostle
of the Ghost Dance
Come on Comanche
Come on Blackfoot
Come on Shoshone
Come on Cheyenne
We shall live again
Come on Arapaho
Come on Cherokee
Come on Paiute
Come on Sioux
We shall live again

Ghost Dance
Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Songwriters: Robbie Robertson / William James Wilson
Ghost Dance lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

Ghosteen – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Global Premiere)

Lana Del Rey - For Free (Joni Mitchell Cover) (Full Performance)

Western Stars - Official Trailer

Einstein's Dreams

Gregg Chadwick
Einstein's Dreams
48"x36" oil on linen 2019 

Good Morning! Things move at the speed of light in my studio. Getting ready for my next exhibition. Excited to let you know that I will have a booth at The Other Art Fair September 5-8, 2019 in Santa Monica at Barker Hangar. 
And I will be exhibiting at the inaugural The Other Art Fair in Dallas September 19-22, 2019.

My new painting “Einstein’s Dreams” shifts the focus to the nature of time itself. 




@theotherartfair #TheOtherArtFair #LosAngeles #art#science #Physics #artistsoninstagram  #MondayMotivation#Timeflux 
#art #categoricallynot#kccole #greggchadwick

Bruce Springsteen - I'll Stand By You (Audio)

Sam Fender - Will We Talk? (Lyrics)

Please Join Gregg Chadwick For An Artist Talk At Castelli Art Space

 

Surf & Turf Artist Talk and Tour at Castelli Art Space
August 10, 2019

Please join us at Castelli Art Space on Saturday, August 10th, 3-6pm for the Surf & Turf Artist Talk & Tour -

LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Open 3-6, Curator and Artist Talk and Walkabout, 3:30-4:30

(In Conjunction with the Culver City Art Walk)

 

Featuring New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick,
 Brooke Harker, Gay Summer Rick, Teale Hatheway,  Alex Schaefer, and John Kilduff

Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016
Please RSVP here for your free tickets.

 

About Gregg Chadwick's L.A. Inspired Art

“Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
And the western stars are shining bright again”
- Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars

My new paintings in Surf & Turf at Castelli Art Space are crafted as magic lenses that combine the past, present, and future of Los Angeles. The clear daylight of Los Angeles brought the movie studios out west. And the neon soaked nocturnal light lured writers into the shadows of L.A. As a 17 year old art student at UCLA, I embraced the flickering cinematic light of Hollywood and the poetic light of night and day in the City of Angels.  I am continuously inspired by the diversity, history, and beauty of greater Los Angeles.
 

Gregg Chadwick
Los Angeles Inspired Artwork at Castelli Art Space



Castelli Art Space
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016

Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10-5
https://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/index.html
 

“Surf & Turf “ 

Saturday August 10th, 3-6 pm  Artists Walk & Talk:
LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Closing Reception - Saturday, August 17th, 5-8 pm

More on Gregg Chadwick's Artwork.

Opening Tonight: New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick

 

Gregg Chadwick
The Space Age (LAX)
40"x30" oil on linen 2019

I am pleased to invite you to my latest art exhibition:

Surf & Turf at Castelli Fine Arts in Culver City, California -
Opening July 27, 2019

Surf & Turf

Featuring New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick, 
 Brooke Harker, Gay Summer Rick, Teale Hatheway,  Alex Schaefer, and John Kilduff

A new group exhibition at Castelli Art Space in Culver City. 
Opening Reception - July 27, 2019
6-9 pm 
Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016
RSVP dale@castelliartspace.com


Gregg Chadwick
L.A. Noire (Formosa Cafe)
24"x36" oil on linen 2019

About Gregg Chadwick's L.A. Inspired Art

“Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
And the western stars are shining bright again”
- Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars

My new paintings in Surf & Turf at Castelli Art Space are crafted as magic lenses that combine the past, present, and future of Los Angeles. The clear daylight of Los Angeles brought the movie studios out west. And the neon soaked nocturnal light lured writers into the shadows of L.A. As a 17 year old art student at UCLA, I embraced the flickering cinematic light of Hollywood and the poetic light of night and day in the City of Angels.  I am continuously inspired by the diversity, history, and beauty of greater Los Angeles.

Gregg Chadwick
Santa Monica Nocturne
24"x36" oil on linen 2019


Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016

Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10-5
https://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/index.html

Gregg Chadwick
Los Angeles Theatre 

30"x24" oil on linen 2019

“Surf & Turf “  Opens at Castelli Art Space on July 27th,
with an Artist Reception from 6-9 pm.
 
Saturday August 10th, 3-5 pm  Artists Walk & Talk:
LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Closing Reception - Saturday, August 17th, 5-8 pm

More on Gregg Chadwick's Artwork.

Nelson Makamo - A South African Artist Becomes a Global Phenomenon | The...

Close The Camps

Karina Perez, a #MovementMujeres artist in residence, created a powerful series of illustrations on family separations at the border.

1/5 #FamiliesBelongTogether #CloseTheCamps pic.twitter.com/EpZTnUwGJx

— Jolt Initiative (@JoltInitiative) July 22, 2019

Karina Perez, a #MovementMujeres artist in residence, created a powerful series of illustrations on family separations at the border. #FamiliesBelongTogether #CloseTheCamps

Apollo 11 TV Broadcast - Neil Armstrong First Step on Moon

Today in 1969: #Apollo11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. https://bit.ly/1qrr0bO 

Durand Jones & The Indications - Morning in America

Their names were Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and Angie Valeria.

From the front page of Backstreets -

We encourage readers to contact their representatives and senators to demand a humane border and immigration policy that protects children, values human life, and allows unrestrained access to detention facilities by aid agencies and human service organizations. We also encourage you to visit these sites for more information and ways you can help:

• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee: No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes
• National Immigrant Justice Center
• Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services
• Humane Borders
• Kids in Need of Defense
• American Civil Liberties Union: Immigrants' Rights Project

Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks ("Devils & Dust" Acoustic Performances)

In memory of Oscar and his daughter Valeria.

Watch The Investigation, a live-streamed play based on the Mueller investigation.

The Investigation, a live-streamed play based on the Mueller investigation. 
9PM EST, 6PM PST - June 24, 2019

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (Official Video)

From NPR: Bruce Springsteen Puts A Twist On California-Style Pop With 'Western Stars'

Gregg Chadwick
Route 66
24"x30" oil on linen 2019

Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard & Jake Clemons — Drive All Night (Amsterdam, ...

Hanuman's Dream

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My painting “Hanuman’s Dream” oil on linen 72”x96” has been in the NEC Collection since I painted it in 1996. Featured in the @sfartdealers Introductions series in 1996. Beginning to revisit this vantage point in my current work. Excited for what comes next. Grateful thanks to the @andreaschwartzgallery who sold the artwork and to all of you who have joined me on this journey over the years. #art #painting #instaart #color #hanuman #saffron #bayarea #light #India #sanfrancisco #greggchadwick #siliconvalley

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Charles Leslie's Queer Art Collection

Charles Leslie has spent the last 50 years showcasing and protecting queer art —and now his collection includes 30,000 pieces. Check out the latest episode of Legendary, hosted by @JMunozActor: pic.twitter.com/Hcybov7m56

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 7, 2019

History is a Weapon - Alison Saar's "Grow'd"

by Gregg Chadwick

“I spect I grow’d. Don’t think nobody ever made me.” 

- Topsy from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Alison Saar's Grow’d sits majestically in L.A. Louver’s open-air Skyroom. Last night, I was privileged to chat with Ms. Saar about her life and work in front of her haunting bronze sculpture. Saar has reimagined Topsy as a strong, fully aware woman. The cotton bale that she sits on has become a throne. And the sickle in her hand has become a harbinger of justice to come. Cotton stalks tied to her hair float like a firmament of earthly stars. 

Alison Saar
Grow'd
2019 / cast bronze / 78 1/2 x 39 x 38 3/4 in. (199.4 x 99.1 x 98.4 cm)
L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019
(photo by Gregg Chadwick)

In 2017-18, Saar created a body of artwork featured in a 2018 solo show at L.A. Louver centered around the character of Topsy. Saar's exhibition entitled Topsy Turvy dove headfirst into the legacy of slavery in America. Douglas Messerli wrote, " Topsy becomes a black heroine threatening patriarchal ideas and seriously challenging male privilege—in short setting the world, as the show’s title suggests, Topsy Turvy." 

Saar said to us last night at L.A. Louver that she considers Topsy Turvy an angry show. 
I replied - echoing Spike Lee's 1619 hat - "400 years of built up anger." In 1619 the first enslaved people stolen from Africa were brought to colonial Virginia. Saar's artwork digs into this painful American origin story and brings to light the literal skeletons buried in our soil. For Saar, her artwork summons the collected rage and frustration of our current time. Saar references poet and activist Audre Lorde: 

“For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. Racism and homophobia are real conditions of all our lives in this place and time… I urge each one of us here to reach down into that deep place of knowledge inside herself and touch that terror and loathing of any difference that lives here. See whose face it wears. Then the personal as the political can begin to illuminate all our choices.”

Spike Lee

1619

Saar said that she sees her latest sculpture Grow'd as a hopeful artwork that takes Topsy to a new place. The naïve enslaved girl has grown into a regal presence. She is now in control of her own destiny. Looking at Grow'd I am reminded of Tomi Adeyemi's recent novel Children of Blood and Bone. Shammara Lawrence in Teen Vogue describes Adeyemi's book as a "tale of triumph, that chronicles the journey of Zélie Adebola, a powerful young woman fighting to return magic to her people in the land of Orïsha after it was eradicated by a ruthless king, hell-bent on wiping them out completely." Both Zélie and Topsy fight back against injustice.  

Alison Saar
Grow'd
2019 / cast bronze / 78 1/2 x 39 x 38 3/4 in. (199.4 x 99.1 x 98.4 cm)
L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019
(photo by Gregg Chadwick)

Saar in her artwork takes back forms and stories from African art that were appropriated by Picasso and his circle as they attempted to find a new path but remained trapped in their colonial history. In 2016, Saar's solo exhibit at L.A. Louver Silt, Soot and Smut struck a deep chord with art writer Christopher Knight. He wrote Saar "reminds us that European Modern art in the early 20th century is unthinkable without its profound, complex relationship to Africa. She brings artistic diaspora into play." 

I agree with Christopher Knight that "Saar has been making exceptional work for quite some time. A full museum retrospective is overdue."

Alison Saar's Grow'd is on exhibit at L.A. Louver through June 8, 2019.

L.A. Louver

45 North Venice Boulevard

Venice, California 90291

T: 310.822.4955

F: 310.821.7529

info@lalouver.com

Alison Saar
L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019
(photo by Gregg Chadwick)

19th Amendment at 100

100 years ago today: the U.S. Senate in 56-25 vote adopted what would become the 19th amendment “The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” #19thAt100

On this day in 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Follow #19thAt100 to read on the complicated and complex history of the women's suffrage movement. #BecauseOfHerStory pic.twitter.com/Qc5FgNilh2

— National Portrait Gallery (@smithsoniannpg) June 4, 2019

On June 4, 1919,  Congress passed the #19thAmendment, granting women the right to vote. African American women, however, still faced barriers exercising their right to vote. This could include waiting hours to register, facing violence, or taking new tests. #19thAt100 pic.twitter.com/b3RhpehBr3

— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 4, 2019