@thevanderbiltrepublic presents “AMERICA NOW SUITE”, ⠀ an exhibition of new works from Brooklyn-based #painter & #muralist @dalewilliamsart⠀ AMERICA NOW SUITE premieres Friday 12 Oct 2018 at #GowanusLoft⠀ The suite’s elements were designed to retrieve #AmericanHistory and provide,⠀ as Williams stated, “a re-mythologizing, a re-visioning of the American past, present, and future.” ⠀ The title pays homage to jazz drummer Max Roach’s 1960 recording ⠀ We Insist! – Freedom Now Suite. That work embodied the urgency of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. #civilrights #socialjustice #maxroach ⠀ The exhibition consists of three major paintings and two series:⠀ Awareness Day Portraits⠀ Edward Hicks’ Peaceable Kingdom⠀ The Spirit of Manifest Humility⠀ Democratic Vistas—wordscapes and ⠀ A Panoramic Fantasia of American History Centered on the Untimely Death of Robert F. Kennedy. #RFK⠀ This 11’ x 57’ #mural relates the American #present to the #past & demonstrates the artist’s relationship to history. ⠀ This image, one of the #Awareness Day Portraits, is of Bayard Rustin. @bayardrustinofficial #bayardrustin⠀ Williams asserts that he wants his art to create a felt #connection to history⠀ so it can “aid us in rising above our helpless, struggling selves.” ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Opening reception: 6-9p on 12 Oct 2018 with @artsgowanus Open Studios 2018.⠀ ⠀ Kick-off Party: 6-10p on 19 Oct.⠀ ⠀ Curator-moderated artist talk: 6p on 4 Nov.⠀ ⠀ It all happens at Gowanus Loft, 61 9th St, Brooklyn 11215⠀ #America #Now #revision #reinvisioning #activism #Brooklyn⠀ http://vanderbiltrepublic.com/post/177782003260/america-now Regrann from @thevanderbiltrepublic #regrann (at Gowanus Loft) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4AC6enzWW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ze2dzcskonma