Speed of Life

>KTLA illegal firework footage is trending >multiple comments about how "congratulations, we've literally become Blade Runner" Me, a video editor with the soundtrack: pic.twitter.com/X1nchJGadb — Mach Dent (@Mach_Dent) July 5, 2020

As the U.S. celebrates #IndependenceDay on #4thOfJuly , some #WednesdayWisdom from an American cultural icon, Rosie the Riveter, who has been re-interpreted globally as a symbol of women’s empowerment. pic.twitter.com/N2QduXdLm9 — UN Women (@UN_Women) July 4, 2018

Jasper Johns Flag 42 1/4" x 60 5/8" Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood 1954-55 (dated on reverse 1954) Gift of Philip Johnson in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2011 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY "In its stilled lucidity lurk half-readable stories: the small-fry stuff of yesterday's papers, or important events? Do they add up to some secret meaning? There is the sense of many lives, many narratives hidden beneath the common identity of Americans. This painting, this artwork, is like a great American novel. It captures in its monumental ghostly depths the intricate truths every simple facade conceals. Who are Americans? What are they like? The truth lies deeper than the stars and stripes." - Jonathan Jones (The Guardian) More at: The truth beneath Jasper Johns' stars and stripes

Gregg Chadwick Stadtgeflüster (City Whispers) 22"x30" monotype on paper 2011

Gregg Chadwick The Persistence of Being 36"x24" oil on linen 2010

Gregg Chadwick A Persian Vigil (for Marjane Satrapi) 24"x48" oil on linen 2009 Tomorrow is the 4th of July in the United States. As I think in red, white and blue, more than a hint of green enters my thoughts. Today in the New York Times, Marjene Satrapi writes longingly and powerfully about her true home in Iran: It’s likely needless to remind you that this was not the first time Iranians showed how much they love freedom. Look only at the 20th century: They launched the Constitutional Revolution of 1906 (the first in Asia); nationalized the oil industry in 1951 (the first Middle Eastern country to do so); mounted the revolution of 1979; and engineered the student revolt of 1999. Which brings us to now, and that deafening cry for democracy. Almost 20 years ago, when I started studying art in Tehran, the very idea of “politics” was so frightening that we didn’t even dare think about it. To talk about it? Beyond belief! To demonstrate in the streets against the president? Surr...