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| Raymond A. Thomas, Warrior Queen of Ferguson/STL (detail), 2014, mixed media assemblage. |
Perception/Reality
(in the Age of Deception)
New works
by Raymond A. Thomas
October 10 – December 12, 2014
Opening reception: Friday, October 10, 2014, 6 –
9 pm
4455 South
Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago,
IL
From Blanc
Gallery FaceBook page:
Raymond A. Thomas launches his newest most important body of work at Blanc Gallery during
Chicago Artist’s month. Perception/Reality
(in the Age of Deception) investigates the notions of visual and sensory
manipulation and how this current multi-media bombardment of subversion
connects historically to an ongoing campaign of conformity and control. The
artist uses varying media to mirror the layered effects of multi-media
manipulation on our psyches. His work reflects how the hideous and the sublime
coexist as we grapple with them, trying to rationalize our world through
minefields of distorted truths.
In the
tragic wake of events in Ferguson, MO, Thomas’ works aims to inspire viewers to
create their own stories to counter-balance the media’s narrative arc. His
alternately beautiful and brutal images challenge viewers to become the creators
of their own images and truths.
Raymond A.
Thomas is an award-winning artist, international award-winning filmmaker, and
noted creative director. He won the best of show 1st prize at the Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry’s 2013 Black Creativity juried art exhibition
and is the recipient of a 2014 IPA grant from the City of Chicago’s Department
of Cultural Affairs. Thomas, a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, served as art director and
creative manager for Johnson Publishing Company Inc., publishers of EBONY and JET magazines.
Blanc is a
fine art gallery in Chicago’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood that seeks to
provide a space for artists to explore new ideas and for the community to
engage these artists in a culture of conversation.
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