Speed of Life

In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the events of May 4, 1970, and the release of the song, "Ohio:, the Kent State University Chorale performs a very special acapella version of "Ohio." this version was requested by, and approved by Neil Young.

New New Yorker cover by Barry Blitt titled 'Nine' # CharlestonShooting

Gregg Chadwick  Turquoise and Rose   6"x6" oil on panel 2015 There is a vigil tonight at 7pm to honor Deah Barakat and Yusor & Razan Abu-Salha, the Muslim students murdered by a ruthless gunman in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Most Common Type of American Terrorist Is a White Man With a Weapon and a Grudge http:// thenat.in/1AYnY3a   @ thenation   The three Muslim students tragically killed in the # ChapelHillShooting lived to help others http:// on.mash.to/1ChAwOu     The Hill  ‏ @ thehill     2m 2 minutes ago Father of Muslim students killed in # ChapelHillShooting : "This was a hate crime." http:// ow.ly/IU36v  

by Gregg Chadwick   Today in Ireland, Bruce Springsteen dedicated his powerful song 41 Shots (American Skin) with a call to justice for Trayvon Martin. The verdict in the Zimmerman case was tainted by the stench of ALEC's odious "Stand Your Ground" legislation.  "Stand Your Ground" laws are abhorrent. They are fundamentally biased. A recent study has shown that white people who kill black people in 'Stand Your Ground' states are 354% more likely to be  acquitted of murder.  Denise, an active duty US Marine, wrote a compelling argument against the jury's decision on twitter tonight, "If a man watches a woman while he is in his SUV, follows that woman in the dark  and  kills her because she fought him. Is he justified?" As I write, more than one million  Americans have signed petitions demanding federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman. There is no doubt that Zimmerman killed Trayvon and yet has not  spoken  one word...

The Luminist GreggChadwick      My condolences and thoughts to jazz player Jimmy Greene and his wife Nelba as they bear the senseless loss of their beautiful little girl Ana Grace who was a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Connecticut. Jimmy Greene, the American saxophonist who recently taught at the University of Manitoba, has written a brief message following the death of his daughter.  Greene wrote: "Thank you for all of your prayers and kind words of support. As we work through this nightmare, we’re reminded how much we’re loved and supported on this earth and by our Father in heaven. As much as she’s needed here and missed by her mother, brother and me, Ana beat us all to paradise. I love you sweetie girl.  "

Video: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform Drive All Night in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 28, 2012. Tonight, July 31, 2012, in Helsinki, Finland,  the indefatigable Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just finished one of their  most powerful European music tours with the longest show of their career. The show in Helsinki began with an impromptu pre-show set of songs with just Bruce and an acoustic guitar. Video: Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender - acoustic solo - Helsinki July 31, 2012 Video: Bruce Springsteen, Helsinki 31.7.2012 - Back In Your Arms The show ended not long ago with a run time of just over four hours. Video: I Don't Want to Go Home - Bruce Springsteen in Helsinki July 31, 2012 This summer, Springsteen and the E Street Band were true American cultural ambassadors as they roamed across Europe armed with searing music and goodwill. The presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, could learn a ...

"So often we think that when we're talking about the AIDS epidemic … we should be focusing mainly on the contributions that people in medicine can make—and we need those contributions…. But what I want to suggest is that we also need artists to enter the conversation, to enter the mix."  - David Gere, project director for the Art/Global Health Center and an associate professor and World Art and Cultures co-chair. Today we join as a global community and pay tribute to the millions of lives lost and families affected by HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day. We also pay tribute to the nurses, care givers and doctors who have cared for those afflicted and all those working for a cure. People light candles in the shape of a red ribbon, the symbol of the AIDS awareness campaign, during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.  AP PHOTO/ACHMAD IBRAHIM This morning the Washington Post sponsored an online chat with UCLA's Dr. Michael Gottlieb...

Gregg Chadwick Engine Company 48"x36" oil on canvas 2011 In Memory September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2011 Paul Simon performs 'The Sounds of Silence' at Ground Zero for the 9/11 Anniversary

Gregg Chadwick The Diasporist (Portrait of RB Kitaj) 30"x22" monotype on paper 2011 The work of RB Kitaj continues to inspire and humble me in my artistic quest. His fervent questioning in print and paint acts as a beacon. He is greatly missed. R. B. Kitaj (1932-2007) talks about the profound influence of Cézanne on his work. The architect MJ Long on her friendship with RB Kitaj. More at: The Paris Review on RB Kitaj

Gregg Chadwick Der Himmel Draußen (The Sky Outside) 30"x22" monotype on paper 2011 Peter Falk has died at 83 leaving us with a rich legacy of film and television work as well as a body of carefully crafted prints and drawings . As fate would have it, I am currently working on a series of artworks inspired by my experiences in the city of Berlin. Painters, writers, and filmmakers from Max Beckmann to Christopher Isherwood to Wim Wenders have created visions of the city that still guide us across Berlin's potent memoryscape. Peter Falk also left his mark on this city of memory in Wender's Wings of Desire . Peter Falk in Wim Wender's Classic Film Wings of Desire Look Closely: Are There Angels Hiding in the Ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church? photo by Gregg Chadwick (Berlin 2010) Peter Falk Girl With Ponytail Peter Falk With Artist's Model More on Berlin, Peter Falk and Wings of Desire at: City of Cinephilia Peter Falk in Wim Wender...

Photo by Robert Ray/Associated Press Francine Rollins and Rondroka Long sat amid the rubble of their neighborhood in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music about Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest songs in it Rising out of the ground like a swamp mist And falling out of heaven like soft dew. I’m gonna put some tall tall trees in it And the scent of pine needles And the smell of red clay after rain And long red necks And poppy colored faces And big brown arms And the field daisy eyes Of black and white black white black people And I’m gonna put white hands And black hands and brown and yellow hands And red clay earth hands in it Touching everybody with kind fingers And touching each other natural as dew In that dawn of music when I Get to be a composer And write about daybreak In Alabama. Please donate to tornado relief for the South at: American Red Cross And please buy the poem here: Knopf

Andy Warhol Portrait of Dennis Hopper silkscreen on canvas 1971 “The American art world often likes to put artists into boxes. You’re an artist, not a filmmaker. You’re a photographer, not a painter. But Dennis shows you can blur those boundaries, which is very current and exciting.” -Jeffrey Deitch Dennis Hopper has died at 74 just weeks before an exhibit of his work will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Over the years Hopper has created paintings and photographs along with his films. His photographs are noteworthy because of his unique access to his portrait subjects such as Andy Warhol and because of his romantic, brooding aesthetic. Dennis Hopper Double Standard silver gelatin print 1961 Jori Finkel in the Los Angeles Times noted that " most big museum exhibitions take years to organize, but new director Jeffrey Deitch had the idea for this show just a couple of months ago when visiting Julian Schnabel, a longtime friend of Hopper." “We’re rushing...