John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love and Freedom - to June 2,2018 - New York

John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love and Freedom
ACA Galleries, New York City
To June 2, 2018


John Mellencamp named his current art
exhibition after his 2008 album
In late April, John Mellencamp, the highly-acclaimed musician, took another step forward in his dual career as an artist, with the opening of his second NYC exhibit in 3 years. With Life, Death, Love and Freedom, Mellencamp has taken a new direction, adding mixed-media to his painting style.

"Heavily influenced by the German Expressionists, such as Otto Dix and Max Beckmann, whose anguish over human brutality and corruption speaks to his deep feelings about social justice, Mellencamp’s imagery takes its inspiration from the same sources as his music: the oppressive authority and social struggles of the working man and woman. But though that foundation is German, the evolved result is decidedly American, with the brash and snappy visual rhythms of our streets, lives, politics and passions. This can be seen in..." [read more].

" 'I wanted to study at the Art Students League in New York when I was young, but I didn’t have the money. Then I was fortunate enough to become Johnny Cougar Mellencamp. At the time, I thought I’d make a couple of records and get back to painting. It never dawned on my that I’d be [in my 60s] and still making music.' "... [read more].

TO VISIT

Rocking it in Germany, 2011
ACA Galleries
529 West 20th Street, New York City, Ny 10011
Tuesday through Saturday: 11am to 6pm
Sunday and Monday by appointment
To June 2, 2018
John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love and Freedom - ACA Galleries

More on the exhibit
John Mellencamp's Art Exhibit 'Life, Death, Love and Freedom' Opens in New York - Billboard
Wall Street Journal: John Mellencamp Began His Art Career in His Family’s Indiana Basement - Wall Street Journal
Life, Death, Love Freedom - John Mellencamp Paintings in New York - Widewalls
John Mellencamp on his paintings: 'They're like my songs – grotesquely beautiful' - The Guardian
Painting Is a Way for Me to Be by Myself’: John Mellencamp on Life, Rock, and His New Show at ACA Galleries - Art News

The John Mellencamp Pavilion is the indoor
training facility of the Indiana Hoosiers's football
program, thanks to the artist's $1.5M donation.
To learn more
“John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – A Documentary of the Human Spirit” (Review) - No Depression
John Mellencamp: The Isolation of Mister (2014 exhibit) - Artsy
John Mellencamp Gallery - Artsy
Mellencamp's Masterpieces (2013) - Vanity Fair
John Mellencamp at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, Ohio)


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