Please Join Gregg Chadwick at Whiplash at the Propeller Gallery at the Santa Monica Airport

Gregg Chadwick Love in the Time of Kamala 48" x 48" oil on linen 2024    Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with Art at the Airport, is proud to announce the opening of WHIPLASH: Art In The Ever-Changing Now, a group exhibition that explores the profound and dynamic shifts shaping our world today. Curated by Rebecca Youssef, Alexandra Dillon, and April Banks, this exhibition offers a reflective exploration of our times, showcasing the ways contemporary artists interpret and respond to the rapid transformations that affect societal norms, cultural identities, environmental crises, and political divisions.  It's helpful, if possible, to RSVP in advance at  https://whiplashexhibition.eventbrite.com (To anticipate the number of visitors.)   Exhibition Opening Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 4 - 7 PM Location: Propeller Gallery, 3026 Airport Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405   Free to all. Feel free to invite friends and family. All ages are welcome! Free Parking on Site   Art at its best possesses an uncanny ability to communicate ideas and feelings that we need to understand. 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. My paintings are crafted as reflecting devices that mirror and focus the viewer’s attention on where we've been, and where we are going in the United States. As Marvin Gaye sang so poignantly - “What’s going on.” Often the big stories in my artwork are inspired by the rhythms and ideas found in music, literature, history, politics, and film. One of my collectors has described me as an artistic chronicler of our times. He finds threads of current events and pop culture woven into the philosophical and spiritual undercurrents of my art.  My new oil on linen painting Love in the Time of Kamala, which will be exhibited in Whiplash, engages the viewer in a scene of hope, perhaps irrational but heartfelt, as a couple embraces and the world turns around them. Can the United States live up to its grand ideals?                                             - Gregg Chadwick, October 2024 "In old Arabic poetry love, song, blood and travel appear as four basic desires of the human heart and the only effective means against our fear of death. Thus, travel is elevated to the dignity of the elementary needs of humankind." - Czeslaw Milosz on the poetry of travel Movement, travel and pilgrimage are themes that often appear in my paintings. Travel can involve a physical relocation or it can exist in the realm of the senses. I attended "A Gathering of Hearts Illuminating Compassion," an interfaith meeting in San Francisco. The Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at the event. He entered the packed hall, briskly moved up the center aisle, but stopped briefly to greet an elderly Tibetan woman a few feet from where I was seated. Then the Dalai Lama suddenly spun around and, with a beatific smile, gazed deeply and directly into my eyes. I was transfixed. The moment was short, but to me it felt as if all time collapsed within that point. For that moment, it seemed as if the Dalai Lama yearned to see with my eyes as I, in turn, learned to see through his. I have been working on this painting ever since to put my experience of that moment of empathy and connection down on canvas.                                                           – Gregg Chadwick UPDATE: A large scale banner of my painting Through Tibetan Eyes has been installed on the Airport Avenue side facade of the Hangar at 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Gregg Chadwick Through Tibetan Eyes 72" x 96" oil on linen 2006- 2024

Gregg Chadwick Kamala - Purple Reign 30" x 22" 300 lb (640 gsm)watercolor paper 2024 This artwork and more will be on view in my studio - open before, during, and after, the event. More of my artworks available as prints featured in the Saatchi Art Collection: Figurative Political Art Prints For Sale By Artists Featured In The Other Art Fair

Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2024 Was A Huge Success!

 

Wow! Over 1400 folks visited our studios during the latest 2024 edition of the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk. Thanks to all the folks who visited my studio and engaged with me, my family, and my art. Producer and creator Austin Ross and his partner the amazing (The Harder They Fall) Annabel Durst brought scintillating energy into my studio. My recent painted homage to Basquiat found a moment with Austin while @sergioarau looked on from the background with a copy of @la_weather_novel by @mariaescandon in his hands. Good vibes, good folks, good hope! Thank you @18thstreetarts , @cityofsantamonica, @stgactor 

More at:

Art walk draws impressive crowd to airport https://smdp.com/2024/05/23/art-walk-draws-impressive-crowd-to-airport/ 

#art #santamonica #contemporaryart #airport #basquiat

Thank You Frieze Week Visitors

Thanks to everyone who visited my studio during Frieze week. I’m pictured here with a group of visiting journalists from the UK. 🇬🇧 great conversations throughout the week. And for those of you who brought Chadwick artworks home - a hearty thank you. Thanks @18thstreetarts and all my artist colleagues. Already looking forward to next year.

Press visitors included:

Ian Sturgess, Assistant Chief Sub-Editor, The Mirror (circulation 245,655)

Natasha Colyer, Editor, Seen in the City (Circulation: 21,500)

Amber O’Connor, Writer, Cosmopolitan (Circulation: 39 million)

Cassam Looch, Director of Content, Culture Trip (Circulation: 4 million)

Neeru Sharma, Lifestyle Editor, Bauer Media (circulation: 1 million)

Tom Miller, Santa Monica Travel & Tourism UK Representative

Lauren Salisbury, Senior Director of Communications at Santa Monica Travel & Tourism

Artist Mobina Nouri was one of many amazing artists to visit during Frieze week in Santa Monica 

As the city transitions away from an active runway to more art events like Frieze and eventually a Great Park, we are in the midst of the creation of the Santa Monica Artport.

#frieze #art #contemporaryart #artport

Holiday Gathering and Open Studios Sunday, December 3, 2023

Gregg Chadwick
The Golden Hour - Venezia
30" x 24" oil on linen 2023 


 I am excited to invite you to my studio at the Santa Monica Airport for an afternoon of art and camaraderie.

 

Holiday Gathering and Open Studios 
Sunday, December 3, 2023 from 11 AM-3 PM
Location:
Studio #15, 18th Street Arts Center, 3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405
 

 

Free to all. Feel free to invite friends and family. All ages are welcome!
Free Parking
Please register in advance:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-at-the-airport-1-year-anniversary-event-tickets-742947795857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

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Art At The Airport is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, https://www.santamonica.gov/programs/art-of-recovery

To learn about upcoming Art At The Airport events, visit: https://www.artattheairport.org/

Collector's Smiles

Amy and Ludek Drizhal with their new Chadwick painting. “New York Stories”

 

Love the smiles when collectors are about to take their new artworks home. Thank you to all who spent time in my studio at our latest Art at the Airport event! What a night! Props to Ailsa Chang for surprising me and bringing such a sense of inspiration into my studio. Thank you to @rebecca.youssef_studio and @alexandradillonartist for your incredible hard work and drive to make this happen. Excited for the next one!!!

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Two Straws

Gregg Chadwick

Two Straws

24"x36" oil on linen 2023

The fresh fragrance of linseed oil and linen fills my studio as I just put some finishing touches on new work. My oil on linen painting "Two Straws" is a short story in paint.
A woman sits at a table in a diner with an empty seat across from her. On the table is a milkshake with two straws. Will her companion return? What do you think will happen in the next scene?

"Two Straws" is the latest cinematic painting in my L.A. Stories series that explores the wonderfully diverse and sprawling city of Los Angeles.

See this artwork and more at our upcoming evening Open Studio Art at the Airport event on May 13, 2023 from 5-9 PM.

 

#art #SantaMonica #SantaMonicaArt #contemporaryart #worksonpaper #artattheairport #oilonlinen #diner #milkshake

Gregg Chadwick's "A Walk With Obama" Featured in Saatchi Art's Gouache Paintings Collection

 

Excited that my gouache on paper painting "A Walk With Obama" has been included in the new Gouache Paintings Collection on Saatchi Art.

Barack and Michelle Obama were recently seen dancing with Bruce Springsteen at his concert in Barcelona. Michelle was onstage with Bruce, The E Street Band, Patti Scialfa, and Kathleen Sue Spielberg (Kate Capshaw) during the song Glory Days. Barack was offstage hanging out with Steven Spielberg.

Megan Wright, Senior Curator at Saatchi Art put the collection together and writes:

"When artists seek the richness of opaque color but the fluidity of water-based paint, they turn to gouache. Discover the unique charm of the medium in this expertly-curated collection."

This artwork and a group of my recent works on paper will be featured in my next open studio on May 13th from 5-9 PM.

Link to the gouache collection at https://www.saatchiart.com/.../Gouach.../1012074/726501/view

Link to "A Walk With Obama" at https://www.saatchiart.com/.../Paintin.../25560/9700617/view

Reserve your Free Spot at my Open Studio on May 13th here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-at-the-airport-spring-open-house-tickets-607740065897

#art #SantaMonica #SantaMonicaArt #contemporaryart #worksonpaper

Opening Night at The Other Art Fair - March 30, 2023

by Gregg Chadwick

🎧 @dublab keeps the energy high at the turntables

Last night the rain cleared just in time for the opening of the latest edition of The Other Art Fair at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. We strolled across the street from my studio at the 18th Street Arts Center and enjoyed seeing old friends and their artwork as well as meeting  artists for the first time and chatting with them about their art and sources of inspiration. Below, amidst their creations are photos of some of the new artists that we met.  

Cortney Herron

Los Angeles

"As humans, we can be all over the place – thoughts and ideas swirling left and right. From the process to the technique, to the finished piece, it’s my artistic mission to capture those unique and special moments that make us feel connected to this abundant world. That unique moment in time where the reality of life – good, bad, and everything in between – is looking at you right in the face. And hopefully you begin to realize how easy it is to see ourselves in each other."

- Cortney Herron

MarySue Chats with Cortney

Marco Comandini

New York/Genoa

Marco Comandini explains that his “What makes us human” project is a series of posters directly influenced by his background as a biologist. Marco says,"As Darwin explained in 'The Evolution of Species', the shark and the dolphin were examples of animals that ended up sharing common features as a result of their ancestors co-existing in an environment that shaped them similarly. In the same way, robots could very well develop the same human emotions that we thought were exclusive to us as they become more and more present in our daily lives."

Arisa Hsiao

Los Angeles

"I gravitate towards silkscreen printing as it’s a medium that blurs the boundary between art and graphic design. My work also exists in the tension between the fabricated and handmade. The precision of the forms is offset by miss-registrations and color shifts from over-printing." 

- Arisa Hsaio

Tessa Alexander

Trinidad

Tessa Alexander is an artist and art educator based in Trinidad. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural Studies. Tessa describes her project as "a troubling of the Caribbean archive and art canon as she investigates the silenced art histories of her foremothers." 

Jeanette Rivera

California

"Society tells us that beauty is perfection and our worth is based on our physical appearance. That is simply not true, true beauty is eclectic and it tell the story of who we are and what we have been through. My hope is to inspire woman to shine , to love themselves and be exactly who they inspire to be." - Jeanette Rivera

Emily Wallerstein

Los Angeles

Emily Wallerstein describes her oil paintings as "representations of the beautiful blur of life - perfect from a distance, but messy and imperfect up close." 

Industrial and Salvage Transportation Paintings by Jasper Latane

Jasper Latane's side gig as an art handler and driver seems to inspire elements of his evocative transportation artworks. 

DATY (Frédéric and Andrea Daty)

Paris/Chartres

DATY, the wife and husband team of artists from France describe their new collection of wall hanging sculptures as "L.A. Greatness and Decadence." Their sculptural work is created from cut and treated steel plates. They explain that "light and shadows animate the metal, changing colors, and giving the impression of constant evolution."

Please Note: In response to queries, I am not exhibiting my artwork at this edition of TOAF, but will in the near future. Working on an exciting new body of work...

FAIR DETAILS

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HOURS

OPENING NIGHT

THURS, MAR. 30: 6 – 10pm

GENERAL ENTRY

FRI, MAR. 31: 5 – 10pm

SAT, APR. 1: 11am – 8pm

SUN, APR. 2: 11am – 6pm

VENUE

The Barker Hangar

3021 Airport Ave.

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Visiting Information

Book Tickets

Service dogs are welcome ;

All other furry friends will need to stay home.