Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Gregg Chadwick at Van Der Plas Gallery
Monday, January 17, 2022
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
Art with a Message
Today we honor the civil rights leader whose courage inspired millions - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
His words were true then. They are true now. #MLKDay
Listen to the entire speech MLK gave on campus below:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to more than 5,000 people on April 27, 1965 on UCLA’s campus, roughly one month after the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches took place. #MLKday https://t.co/vgvAWxqcb6
— UCLA (@UCLA) January 17, 2022
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) January 17, 2022
That's it. That's the quote. pic.twitter.com/2VLTirT2Tm
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrate artists that are using their artwork to present and encourage a hopeful, more equitable future: https://t.co/2PN3uL7bgY
— Saatchi Art (@SaatchiArt) January 17, 2022
[Banke Jemiyo]#contemporaryart #SaatchiArt #MLK #MLKDAY#ArtoftheDay #artgallery #art #emergingart pic.twitter.com/1raB8M5V2d
Friday, January 14, 2022
Sea of Words
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
RIP Ronnie Spector
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
2022
by Gregg Chadwick
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Saturday, January 08, 2022
75 - David Bowie
Thursday, January 06, 2022
Our democracy held. We the people endured. We the people prevailed.
One year ago, our democracy was attacked and our Constitution faced the gravest of threats. But We the People prevailed.
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 6, 2022
Now, it’s up to us to choose what kind of nation we’re going to be. pic.twitter.com/gqg3BT3vw1
‘I will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy,’ - @POTUS pic.twitter.com/Fu2fbYP2mR
— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) January 6, 2022
You can’t love your country only when you win.
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 6, 2022
You can't obey the law only when it's convenient.
You can't be patriotic when you embrace or enable lies.
Last year, for the first time in our history, a president who just lost an election tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the Capitol.
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 6, 2022
But they failed.
And on this day of remembrance we must make sure that such an attack never happens again.
Tune in as I deliver remarks to mark one year since the January 6th deadly assault on the Capitol. https://t.co/nvklC2pgl8
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 6, 2022
On #January6th, the former President incited his supporters who used violence to try to nullify the election. His supporters assaulted 140 police officers in an attempt to keep the former President in power.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 6, 2022
Those who continue to deny these facts are cowards and traitors. https://t.co/nvSkYQmHhK
Wednesday, January 05, 2022
First Dream, First Sale
In Japan the first dreams of the New Year, hatsu-yume 初夢, traditionally provide markers for the dreamer's upcoming year.
In that spirit, perhaps the first artwork sold in a new year provides inspiration for the months to come. My painting Monk Station is the first sale of 2022.
I was honored that Saatchi Art included an artwork of mine in their new Seeds of Optimism collection.
"Manifest a happy and bright new year with a joyous artwork by one of our top artists from around the globe." Curated by Bethany Fincher - Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art
In my new interview with Art Squat Magazine, I discuss my Saffron Road series:
"Twenty years ago in Thailand, I woke up at dawn and spent the morning quietly and carefully observing the saffron robed monks on their morning pilgrimages. On my return to the U.S. later that week, I began to paint Buddhist monks, privately at first - as a form of meditation. Only later did I grasp the dharmic sense of responsibility inherent in this new body of work. I needed to paint these paintings. And I found that the audience I had developed over the years felt the need to see them also. They have given me their trust that I will create paintings that speak of our times but also provide clues to a future path into the unknown."
My painting Monk Station continues this theme and brings a saffron robed pilgrim into a 21st century urban moment. Inspired by a subway station in Montréal, this painting looks at the place of the spirit in our fast paced lives.
More on Monk Station at https://greggchadwick.blogspot.com/2021/09/monk-station.html
Collection at https://www.saatchiart.com/.../Seeds.../1376557/638724/view
#HappyNewYear #SeedsofOptimism #SaatchiArt #HatsuYume #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #saffron #artcollector #buddha #buddhism