RIP Nipsey Hussle
“I'm a 108 bus catching Blue line train riding, westsider with the young extras” — RIP Nipsey Hussle. pic.twitter.com/5USIexD07N — LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) April 1, 2019
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How the Light Gets In
by Gregg Chadwick Paintings and sculptures at their best possess an uncanny ability to communicate ideas and feelings that words or other media are hard-pressed to convey. It seems that especially in times of struggle or unrest, art helps us connect to the personhood of others. Art creates dialogue . Dialogue promotes reflective discussion . And reflection can lead to change. Artists often use their creations as a sort of reflecting device that mirrors and focuses the viewer’s attention on social and political unrest. As Marvin Gaye sang so poignantly - “What’s going on.” Gregg Chadwick Call and Echo (left), America’s Sons [From Ferguson to Baltimore] (right) In my solo exhibition at Audis Husar Fine Art, a group of paintings provide their stories. The young man in Call and Echo has been seen by many viewers as an homage to Emmett Till. Not a description of the unspeakable violence enacted on that young man in the 1950’s, but ins...