Speed of Life

LRM Online's Gig Patta spoke with guests Yareli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau on the red carpet at the premiere of The American Ballet Theater's Like Water for Chocolate. Nothing could be sweeter than the U.S. Premiere of Like Water for Chocolate for American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. This full-length ballet created by the brilliant choreographer Christopher Wheeldon brings the famous novel by Laura Esquivel to mouth-watering life. Reuniting the award-winning team of Wheeldon (fresh from his Tony Award victory for MJ: The Musical) with composer Joby Talbot, and Tony-winning costume designer Bob Crowley, you’ll journey into the captivating family saga where the central character’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. Like Water for Chocolate tells the story of Tita, a young Mexican woman whose restrictive upbringing prevents her from marrying until her mother dies. Overwhelm...

Gregg Chadwick Heavy Mex (Sergio Arau) 12"x12" oil on panel 2018 private collection Los Angeles  (Exhibited and Sold at The Other Art Fair , Los Angeles 2018) With his music, words and images, Sergio Arau has inspired me to create a series of paintings that feature him as the main character in my painted movies. Rock Star, actor, director, screenwriter, and artist Sergio Arau has often performed while wearing gear honoring Mexico's most famous wrestling star El Santo (The Man In the Silver Mask). Known as lucha libre, Mexican wrestlers such as El Santo are defenders of the poor and vulnerable. By taking on the persona of the Luchador (wrestler), Josh Kun writes in Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America , Sergio Arau and his bands have mixed "the traditional with the contemporary, the rural with the urban, the American with the Mexican, the charro with the rockero." My painting Heavy Mex (Sergio Arau) carries Sergio Arau into a Los Angeles rock clu...

by Gregg Chadwick   Points of Departure  (An exhibition curated by Maurizzio Hector Pineda)    Gregg Chadwick Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau)  50”x80” oil on linen 2018 (Installation View) "These studio artists offer a visual mediation of time, site, and process. In this time of maelstrom and uncertainty,   Points of Departure   offers a visual respite for viewers to depart from the daily noise of contemporary life." - Maurizzio Hector Pineda, Curator My painting   Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau)   is featured in the Arena 1 exhibition Points of Departure.  With his music, words and images, Sergio Arau has inspired me to create a series of paintings that feature him as the main character in my painted movies. Rock Star, actor, director, screenwriter, and artist Sergio Arau has often performed while wearing gear honoring Mexico's most famous wrestling star El Santo (The Man In the Silver Mask). Known as lucha li...

by Gregg Chadwick Sergio meets Sergio! Thanks to everyone who came out to the Santa Monica Art Studios last night to see my exhibit  Luchador's Dream which was inspired by the incomparable Sergio Arau. El Presidente Sergio Arau with his portrait in my studio tonight! What an evening- thanks for all who stopped by tonight.  #art #music #Mexico #Luchador A post shared by Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) on Sep 15, 2017 at 11:23pm PDT

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Flor De Asfalto (for Sergio Arau) 56”x86” oil on linen 2017 With his music, words and images, Sergio Arau has inspired me to create a series of paintings that feature him as the main character in my painted movies. Rock Star, actor, director, screenwriter, and artist Sergio Arau has often performed while wearing gear honoring Mexico's most famous wrestling star El Santo (The Man In the Silver Mask). Known as lucha libre, Mexican wrestlers such as El Santo are defenders of the poor and vulnerable. By taking on the persona of the Luchador (wrestler), Josh Kun writes in Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America , Sergio Arau and his bands have mixed "the traditional with the contemporary, the rural with the urban, the American with the Mexican, the charro with the rockero."  My paintings in Luchador's Dream  carry Sergio Arau into a Los Angeles seemingly pulled from the lyrics of his songs or gathered from scenes of his f...

First Reveal - I have been working on this large painting 4.5 feet by 7.5 feet for quite a while now. Great thanks to @SergioArau and @YareliArizmendi for their art and inspiration. In process - "Ask the Dust (Sergio Arau)"  # literature   # art 🎨   # artistsoninstagram   # losangeles