Posted by Chicago Urban Art Society Patron Mail
Date: Friday, June 11th, 2010
Time: 6:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: 2229 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Sounds by Deejay Sadie Woods
Exhibition Runs Through July 30th, 2010
Gallery Hours: Thursday + Friday 6-9pm and Saturday 1-5pm
The Sweet Tea & American Values exhibition is a glimpse into the absurd and, at times, distressing reality of our social experiment called the United States. The show is primarily comprised of meticulously hand-cut stencil work on canvas. Some of the work entitled No Race Creme references vintage skin-whitening advertisements from the early 1940s - '50s, with contemporary 'new' and 'improved' enhancements.
While other works such as, The Oath Keepers engage conservative Christians and their historical commingling with war, violence and terror in America. A few works humorously highlight pop icons and political figures, including Michael Jackson, Thriller Zombie, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (Shoe Shine Blago, Run, Blago, Run w/ balloon, and Jailhouse Elvis Blago).
The show also envisions a possible future of a dream realized in works like People Party and Everyman. The result is a candid perspective, at times bittersweet yet always sincere.
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