Paint your Worlds
“All art has a political stance whether it’s on the surface or boiling underneath.” -Gregg Chadwick, Santa Monica- … https://t.co/Px2mJZJ4Kl pic.twitter.com/nSCiBi0Qr2 — Clark Hulings Fund (@clarkhulingsorg) July 4, 2017
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Looking at Diebenkorn: First Thoughts on Art, Memories, the Marine Corps, and Freedom on July 4th
by Gregg Chadwick Richard Diebenkorn July 58.5" x 53.75" oil on canvas 1957 Private Collection Outside my window, fireworks are streaking across the evening sky. A group of young adults are gathered down below. Lightly boisterous after a day in the sun, checking their phones for the next event. "Don't get too close", they say as they light a small firework in the park across the street. The group runs. The miniature explosive was a dud. Smiles and backslaps as they walk down the street. Further in the distance a dull thump echoes down the way as a firework lifts off - exploding at its apogee. In the rolling Santa Monica fog, the explosion is now a muted glow on the horizon. When I was a kid, my family would drive to the local July 4th events. I remember when I was in High School watching the bicentennial festivities in 1976 from the Marine Corps headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. I gazed across the Potomac towards Washington DC at the F...
25th Amendment Now
Dear @realDonaldTrump - We the People consider your childish video post to be a letter of resignation. #25thAmendmentNow — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) July 2, 2017
My Congressional Representative Ted Lieu in CA 33 Always Hits It Out of the Park!
This is essentially what Mao Zedong said in China when he attacked elites & started the cultural revolution. How did that work out? https://t.co/ucyhuExXg3 — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 30, 2017 Some of us boycotted the relatively small inauguration of @realDonaldTrump . Just reminding everyone that we were right. https://t.co/qPRP3k9qlp — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 30, 2017