Speed of Life

  OPENING | ICONS | Group Exhibition Chris Cane • Gregg Chadwick • ShowzArt Bryan Lee Tilford • Chidi Ukwuoma Opening & Artists Reception Saturday, 24 October 2026 2pm - 5pm LOS ANGELES — Band of Vices presents ICONS, a group exhibition bringing together five artists to explore the people, memories, symbols, and ideas that shape who we become. Through distinct personal and cultural perspectives, Chris Cane, Gregg Chadwick, ShowzArt, Bryan Lee Tilford and Chidi Ukwuoma consider how influence takes root, how meaning is passed between generations, and how we choose what deserves to be honored. The exhibition approaches the iconic through both public recognition and intimate connection. Gregg Chadwick honors family, trans dignity, and civic dialogue through portraits of loved ones and friends. Chidi Ukwuoma explores how images, objects, and cultural forms carry memory across time. Bryan Lee Tilford draws on the enduring relationship between sports, Black cinema and music, while Sho...

Blue Velvet (David Lynch) 30"x24" oil on linen 2025 by Gregg Chadwick My oil on linen painting "Blue Velvet (David Lynch" is an homage to a visionary director and his artistic vision. Lynch thought of Los Angeles as a place of hidden mysteries and breathtaking light. Lynch said: “What I really like about {Los Angeles} if you drive around – especially at night – you can get a little gust of wind of the great days of the silver screen. All there in, like, living memory... it was an incredible place to be at the beginning of cinema.” In my artwork, David Lynch stands beneath the Aero Theater marquee in Santa Monica, California which is emblazoned with the words - "David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Sold Out." Just days after his death, the American Cinematheque held a special screening in his honor. I walked up to the Aero to honor the memory of David Lynch. As I arrived the sun was setting across the Pacific and an elegiac glow lit up the theater on Montana Aven...

TODAY Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden host Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. VP Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff also attend. 1:30pm Eastern, 10:30am Pacific.   Here is Aaron Shikler's famous (1969) portrait of JFK, commissioned by Jackie. Poignantly it is reported that six years after his assassination, she found it painful to look at direct images of his face. Note that by her request, he is looking down and away from the viewer. pic.twitter.com/4cukayTuNh — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 One of best White House portraits -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1903 -- by one of most commanding artists of the time, John Singer Sargent, based on brief sittings by the President. Predictably TR loved his heroic portrayal. pic.twitter.com/CDvGGyG43D — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 The official White House portrait of President Barack Obama, by Robert McCurdy...

I enjoyed this chat with Stephanie Case. Recorded in my studio, it provides a hint of the theme of compassion that runs through my artwork.  - Thanks for listening.