Opening Tonight: New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick

 

Gregg Chadwick
The Space Age (LAX)
40"x30" oil on linen 2019

I am pleased to invite you to my latest art exhibition:

Surf & Turf at Castelli Fine Arts in Culver City, California -
Opening July 27, 2019

Surf & Turf

Featuring New Paintings About Los Angeles by Gregg Chadwick, 
 Brooke Harker, Gay Summer Rick, Teale Hatheway,  Alex Schaefer, and John Kilduff

A new group exhibition at Castelli Art Space in Culver City. 
Opening Reception - July 27, 2019
6-9 pm 
Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016
RSVP dale@castelliartspace.com


Gregg Chadwick
L.A. Noire (Formosa Cafe)
24"x36" oil on linen 2019

About Gregg Chadwick's L.A. Inspired Art

“Tonight the riders on Sunset are smothered in the Santa Ana winds
And the western stars are shining bright again”
- Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars

My new paintings in Surf & Turf at Castelli Art Space are crafted as magic lenses that combine the past, present, and future of Los Angeles. The clear daylight of Los Angeles brought the movie studios out west. And the neon soaked nocturnal light lured writers into the shadows of L.A. As a 17 year old art student at UCLA, I embraced the flickering cinematic light of Hollywood and the poetic light of night and day in the City of Angels.  I am continuously inspired by the diversity, history, and beauty of greater Los Angeles.

Gregg Chadwick
Santa Monica Nocturne
24"x36" oil on linen 2019


Castelli Art Space 
5428 West Washington Blvd,
Los Angeles CA, 90016

Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10-5
https://www.greggchadwick.com/Gregg_Chadwick/index.html

Gregg Chadwick
Los Angeles Theatre 

30"x24" oil on linen 2019

“Surf & Turf “  Opens at Castelli Art Space on July 27th,
with an Artist Reception from 6-9 pm.
 
Saturday August 10th, 3-5 pm  Artists Walk & Talk:
LA as Muse: How the city and it's diverse neighborhoods and cultures influence art today

Closing Reception - Saturday, August 17th, 5-8 pm

More on Gregg Chadwick's Artwork.

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Close The Camps

Karina Perez, a #MovementMujeres artist in residence, created a powerful series of illustrations on family separations at the border.

1/5 #FamiliesBelongTogether #CloseTheCamps pic.twitter.com/EpZTnUwGJx

— Jolt Initiative (@JoltInitiative) July 22, 2019

Karina Perez, a #MovementMujeres artist in residence, created a powerful series of illustrations on family separations at the border. #FamiliesBelongTogether #CloseTheCamps

Apollo 11 TV Broadcast - Neil Armstrong First Step on Moon

Today in 1969: #Apollo11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. https://bit.ly/1qrr0bO 

Durand Jones & The Indications - Morning in America

Their names were Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and Angie Valeria.

From the front page of Backstreets -

We encourage readers to contact their representatives and senators to demand a humane border and immigration policy that protects children, values human life, and allows unrestrained access to detention facilities by aid agencies and human service organizations. We also encourage you to visit these sites for more information and ways you can help:

• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee: No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes
• National Immigrant Justice Center
• Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services
• Humane Borders
• Kids in Need of Defense
• American Civil Liberties Union: Immigrants' Rights Project

Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks ("Devils & Dust" Acoustic Performances)

In memory of Oscar and his daughter Valeria.

Watch The Investigation, a live-streamed play based on the Mueller investigation.

The Investigation, a live-streamed play based on the Mueller investigation. 
9PM EST, 6PM PST - June 24, 2019

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (Official Video)

From NPR: Bruce Springsteen Puts A Twist On California-Style Pop With 'Western Stars'

Gregg Chadwick
Route 66
24"x30" oil on linen 2019

Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard & Jake Clemons — Drive All Night (Amsterdam, ...

Hanuman's Dream

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My painting “Hanuman’s Dream” oil on linen 72”x96” has been in the NEC Collection since I painted it in 1996. Featured in the @sfartdealers Introductions series in 1996. Beginning to revisit this vantage point in my current work. Excited for what comes next. Grateful thanks to the @andreaschwartzgallery who sold the artwork and to all of you who have joined me on this journey over the years. #art #painting #instaart #color #hanuman #saffron #bayarea #light #India #sanfrancisco #greggchadwick #siliconvalley

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Charles Leslie's Queer Art Collection

Charles Leslie has spent the last 50 years showcasing and protecting queer art —and now his collection includes 30,000 pieces. Check out the latest episode of Legendary, hosted by @JMunozActor: pic.twitter.com/Hcybov7m56

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 7, 2019

History is a Weapon - Alison Saar's "Grow'd"

by Gregg Chadwick

“I spect I grow’d. Don’t think nobody ever made me.” 

- Topsy from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Alison Saar's Grow’d sits majestically in L.A. Louver’s open-air Skyroom. Last night, I was privileged to chat with Ms. Saar about her life and work in front of her haunting bronze sculpture. Saar has reimagined Topsy as a strong, fully aware woman. The cotton bale that she sits on has become a throne. And the sickle in her hand has become a harbinger of justice to come. Cotton stalks tied to her hair float like a firmament of earthly stars. 

Alison Saar
Grow'd
2019 / cast bronze / 78 1/2 x 39 x 38 3/4 in. (199.4 x 99.1 x 98.4 cm)
L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019
(photo by Gregg Chadwick)

In 2017-18, Saar created a body of artwork featured in a 2018 solo show at L.A. Louver centered around the character of Topsy. Saar's exhibition entitled Topsy Turvy dove headfirst into the legacy of slavery in America. Douglas Messerli wrote, " Topsy becomes a black heroine threatening patriarchal ideas and seriously challenging male privilege—in short setting the world, as the show’s title suggests, Topsy Turvy." 

Saar said to us last night at L.A. Louver that she considers Topsy Turvy an angry show. 
I replied - echoing Spike Lee's 1619 hat - "400 years of built up anger." In 1619 the first enslaved people stolen from Africa were brought to colonial Virginia. Saar's artwork digs into this painful American origin story and brings to light the literal skeletons buried in our soil. For Saar, her artwork summons the collected rage and frustration of our current time. Saar references poet and activist Audre Lorde: 

“For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. Racism and homophobia are real conditions of all our lives in this place and time… I urge each one of us here to reach down into that deep place of knowledge inside herself and touch that terror and loathing of any difference that lives here. See whose face it wears. Then the personal as the political can begin to illuminate all our choices.”

Spike Lee

1619

Saar said that she sees her latest sculpture Grow'd as a hopeful artwork that takes Topsy to a new place. The naïve enslaved girl has grown into a regal presence. She is now in control of her own destiny. Looking at Grow'd I am reminded of Tomi Adeyemi's recent novel Children of Blood and Bone. Shammara Lawrence in Teen Vogue describes Adeyemi's book as a "tale of triumph, that chronicles the journey of Zélie Adebola, a powerful young woman fighting to return magic to her people in the land of Orïsha after it was eradicated by a ruthless king, hell-bent on wiping them out completely." Both Zélie and Topsy fight back against injustice.  

Alison Saar
Grow'd
2019 / cast bronze / 78 1/2 x 39 x 38 3/4 in. (199.4 x 99.1 x 98.4 cm)
L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019
(photo by Gregg Chadwick)

Saar in her artwork takes back forms and stories from African art that were appropriated by Picasso and his circle as they attempted to find a new path but remained trapped in their colonial history. In 2016, Saar's solo exhibit at L.A. Louver Silt, Soot and Smut struck a deep chord with art writer Christopher Knight. He wrote Saar "reminds us that European Modern art in the early 20th century is unthinkable without its profound, complex relationship to Africa. She brings artistic diaspora into play." 

I agree with Christopher Knight that "Saar has been making exceptional work for quite some time. A full museum retrospective is overdue."

Alison Saar's Grow'd is on exhibit at L.A. Louver through June 8, 2019.

L.A. Louver

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Venice, California 90291

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Alison Saar
L.A. Louver - June 5, 2019
(photo by Gregg Chadwick)

19th Amendment at 100

100 years ago today: the U.S. Senate in 56-25 vote adopted what would become the 19th amendment “The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” #19thAt100

On this day in 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Follow #19thAt100 to read on the complicated and complex history of the women's suffrage movement. #BecauseOfHerStory pic.twitter.com/Qc5FgNilh2

— National Portrait Gallery (@smithsoniannpg) June 4, 2019

On June 4, 1919,  Congress passed the #19thAmendment, granting women the right to vote. African American women, however, still faced barriers exercising their right to vote. This could include waiting hours to register, facing violence, or taking new tests. #19thAt100 pic.twitter.com/b3RhpehBr3

— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 4, 2019

Nick Waterhouse at Paste Studio NYC live from The Manhattan Center

Bruce Springsteen - Tucson Train (Official Video)

Gregg Chadwick
Love in Vain ('Frisco)
16"x20" oil on linen 2016

Tucson Train

Bruce Springsteen 

---

I got so down and out in 'Frisco
Tired of the pills and the rain
I picked up, headed for the sunshine
I left a good thing behind
Seemed all of our love was in vain
My baby's coming in on the Tucson train

I come here looking for a new life
One I wouldn't have to explain
To that voice that keeps me awake at night
When a little peace would make everything right
If I could just turn off my brain
Now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train

We fought hard over nothing
We fought till nothing remained
I've carried that nothing for a long time
Now I carry my operator's license
And spend my days just running this crane
My baby's coming in on the Tucson train

Hard work'll clear your mind and body
The hard sun will burn out the pain
If they're looking for me, tell 'em buddy
I'm wailing down at the station
Just praying to the five-fifteen
I'll wait all God's creation
Just to show her a man can change
Now my baby's coming in on the Tucson train

On the Tucson train
On the Tucson train
Waiting on the five-fifteen
Here she comes

Gregg Chadwick
Sunset Limited (Tucson Train)
40x40" oil on linen 2016

Nazikeule im Dritten Reich

Funny, frightening, and perfectly on point in the 21st century.

"Very fine people" as some misguided politicians would say.

Conservation of a crocodile mummy

Fascinating!

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (Official Video)

Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles (Jimmy Kimmel Live! Performance)

Halsey - Nightmare

See You at the Venice Art Walk!

by Gregg Chadwick

THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY VENICE ART WALK IS ON
TODAY MAY 19, 2019, RAIN OR SHINE

Don't let the passing inclement weather change your plans -- join us!

It may be raining right now, but the weather report says it will stop soon, just in time for the 40th anniversary Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction to open. And even if it doesn't, the silent auction is 100% indoors, which means you can view and bid on amazing contemporary art in dry comfort.

Come what may (and we predict sunshine), the music will be playing, the beer and wine will be flowing, the studio tours will be on, and the community celebration will be in full swing under tents to protect everyone from the elements. We just need you to make the day complete.

See you there! 

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Gregg Chadwick, Skate Light, 2018 on Paddle8 Benefit for @venicefamilyclinic It’s May, which means it’s time for the 40th Annual Silent Art Auction to benefit the Venice Family Clinic. And remember, your generous bids help provide health care to over 27,000 people in need regardless of their income, insurance, or immigration status. #VeniceArtWalk #venicefamilyclinic #art #Venice #healthcare Link at https://www.paddle8.com/work/gregg-chadwick/175373-skate-light/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter via @Paddle8

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Bruce Springsteen Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2006

"We came down the day before and we went down to the Lower Ninth Ward and saw a lot of the devastation. Rock 'n' roll is at its best when there are high stakes on the table. That's when something much, much larger than yourself can happen. It's music that's meant to push up against things, whatever they may be: against troubles, against hard times. It's a lovely and fortuitous day to be able perform a small service for people… it's one of my favorites, one of the Top Five of my lifelong musical experiences."

-Bruce Springsteen

Gregg Chadwick
Belle Ville (Katrina)
11"x11" oil on linen 2005 

Madonna - I Rise (Audio)

Gregg Chadwick
Still I Rise
40"x30" oil on linen 

Blinded by the Light - The Film

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Inspired by the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen. #BlindedByTheLightMovie – in theaters August 14.

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From writer/director/producer Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”) comes the inspirational drama “Blinded by the Light,” set to the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen’s timeless songs.

“Blinded by the Light” tells the story of Javed (Viveik Kalra) a British teen of Pakistani descent, growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when a classmate introduces him to the music of “the Boss,” Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen’s powerful lyrics.

As Javed discovers a cathartic outlet for his own pent-up dreams, he also begins to find the courage to express himself in his own unique voice.

Based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s acclaimed memoir Greetings from Bury Park, “Blinded by the Light” is a joyful story of courage, love, hope, family and the unique ability of music to lift the human spirit.

Chadha directed and produced the film, which was written by Manzoor, Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. The story is underscored by the music and poetic lyrics of Springsteen, who gave Chadha his blessing from the film’s inception.

“Blinded by the Light” stars Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Aaron Phagura. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Sarfraz Manzoor, Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. Jane Barclay, Chadha, and Jamal Daniel produced the film. Paul Mayeda Berges, Hannah Leader, Tory Metzger, Tracy Nurse, Stephen Spence, Peter Touche, and Renee Witt served as executive producers.

Chadha’s behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Ben Smithard, production designer Nick Ellis, editor Justin Krish, and costume designer Annie Hardinge.

The original score music is by A.R. Rahman. A presentation of New Line Cinema, “Blinded by the Light” is slated for release on August 14, 2019 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Inspired by Sarfraz Manzoor's Greetings from Bury Park 

ABOUT GREETINGS FROM BURY PARK

The inspiration for the smash Sundance hit, soon to be a major motion picture, “Blinded by the Light”: The acclaimed memoir about the power of Bruce Springsteen’s music on a young Pakistani boy growing up in Britain in the 1970s. 

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Hello Sunshine from Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars

by Gregg Chadwick

“This record is a return to my solo recordings featuring character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements. It's a jewel box of a record."
- Bruce Springsteen 

Gregg Chadwick
Las Piedras del Cielo
16"x20" oil on linen 2010

Under blue skies on a California Spring day, I am listening to Bruce Springsteen's new song Hello Sunshine from his forthcoming album Western Stars. It is a country tinged song reminiscent of Harry Nilsson's Everybody's Talkin' from the movie, Midnight Cowboy.  

Over the years I have driven thousands of miles under wide open skies across the American west. Scanning the radio dial as I drove, I was searching for the sound of the western road. Today I found that cinematic sound in Springsteen's new work.  A rhythmic wash like a distant train running in the distance underlies the song. Pedal steel brings us into the west and the strings add a wide open sonic vista. Bruce's vocals are world weary but not defeated. 



"Hello Sunshine" and an accompanying video will be released just after midnight ET tonight - April 25, 2019.
You can listen to the song now on E Street Radio - Link here.

Hello Sunshine

Had enough of heartbreak and pain

I had a little sweet spot for the rain

For the rain and skies of gray

Hello sunshine, won't you stay

You know I always liked my walking shoes

But you can get a little too fond of the blues

You walk too far, you walk away

Hello sunshine, won't you stay

You know I always loved a lonely town

Those empty streets, no one around

You fall in love with lonely, you end up that way

Hello sunshine, won't you stay

You know I always liked that empty road

No place to be and miles to go

But miles to go is miles away

Hello sunshine, won't you stay

And miles to go is miles away

Hello sunshine, won't you stay

Hello sunshine, won't you stay

Hello sunshine

℗ 2019 Bruce Springsteen

Released on: 2019-04-26

Drums: Matt Chamberlain

Steel Guitar: Marc Muller

Conductor: Rob Mathes

Other: Sandy Park

Violin: Lisa Kim

Violin: Hyunju Lee

Violin: Joanna Maurer

Violin: Sharon Yamada

Violin: Annaliesa Place

Violin: Suzanne Ornstein

Violin: Liz Lim

Violin: Jung Sun Yoo

Violin: Emily Popham

Viola: Robert Rinehart

Viola: Vivek Kamath

Viola: Desiree Elsevier

Cello: Alan Stepansky

Cello: Nathan Vickery

Engineer, Producer: Ron Aniello

Engineer: Rob Lebret

Engineer: Ross Petersen

Engineer: Toby Scott

Mixing Engineer: Tom Elmhirst

Assistant Engineer: Joe Visciano

Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig

Bruce Springsteen’s  new studio album Western Stars takes his music to the American West, drawing inspiration in part from the Southern California pop records of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. The 13 tracks of Western Stars encompass a sweeping range of American themes, of highways and desert spaces, of isolation and community and the permanence of home and hope.

The album was recorded primarily at Springsteen’s home studio in New Jersey, with additional recording in California and New York. Ron Aniello produced the album with Springsteen and plays bass, keyboard, and other instruments. Patti Scialfa provides vocals and contributes vocal arrangements on four tracks. The musical arrangements include strings, horns, pedal steel and contributions from more than 20 other players including Jon Brion (who plays celeste, Moog, and farfisa), as well as guest appearances by David Sancious, Charlie Giordano, and Soozie Tyrell. The album was mixed by Tom Elmhirst.

Columbia Records will release Springsteen’s 19th studio album on June 14. 
Western Stars will be available for pre-order on Friday, April 26.

Western Stars Song Titles

1. Hitch Hikin’

2. The Wayfarer

3. Tucson Train

4. Western Stars

5. Sleepy Joe’s Café

6. Drive Fast (The Stuntman)

7. Chasin’ Wild Horses

8. Sundown

9. Somewhere North of Nashville

10. Stones

11. There Goes My Miracle

12. Hello Sunshine

13. Moonlight Motel

All songs written by Bruce Springsteen

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www.brucespringsteen.net

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https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/717330166/bruce-springsteen-finds-a-new-sound-by-looking-to-the-past