![]() ![]() ![]() In 1811, Congress had voted to abolish Alexander Hamilton’s Bank of the United States, making it nearly impossible for the government to raise money. The United States had begun the conflict on June 18, 1812, with no Army worth mentioning and a Navy consisting of a handful of frigates and a fleet of gunboats, most armed with a single cannon. “The Great American Fact” opens March 20 and runs through June 6, and the gallery is open by appointment.In the years leading up to America’s second war with Britain, President James Madison had been unable to stop his penny-pinching secretary of the treasury, Albert Gallatin, from blocking Congressional resolutions to expand the country’s armed forces. Hauser & Wirth said three of the works use “monumental scale” and “iconographic imagery to hint at unseen narratives.” If you’re an Amy Sherald fan, it sounds like you’re going to like this exhibition. In the exhibition, Sherald explores “public Blackness” and “the idea that Black life and identity are not solely tethered to grappling publicly with social issues, and that resistance lies equally in a full interior life and an expansive vision of selfhood in the world,” according to the gallery.Īmong the new paintings are the bright yellow A bucket full of treasures (Papa gave me sunshine to put in my pockets.) (above), and American Sublime, which, according to the gallery, evokes Grant Wood’s iconic American Gothic, but with new twists, like a convertible and a woman in a Barbie shirt. It opens next month at Hauser & Wirth’s Los Angeles gallery. Photo by Joseph HydeĪrtist Amy Sherald is set to unveil five new paintings at her first West Coast solo exhibition, “The Great American Fact.” Sherald, who is best known for her portraits of former first lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, produced all five paintings for the exhibition last year. Credit: courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Dan Bishop (North Carolina), Mo Brooks (Alabama), Madison Cawthorne (North Carolina), Matt Gaetz (Florida), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Devin Nunes (California), and Elise Stefanik (New York).Ī bucket full of treasures (Papa gave me sunshine to put in my pockets.) by Amy Sherald (2020). Ted Cruz (Texas) and Josh Hawley (Missouri), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Reps. The lawmakers featured in the ads are Sens. The billboards are just one part of a larger $50 million effort by RAP and other “Never Trump” groups working together to target Republicans who sided with Trump, and to defend Republicans who have voted or will vote to impeach or convict him, per Politico. The group said it selected Republicans for the campaign who “were the most irresponsible during the aftermath of the 2020 election.” The outdoor ad campaign began last Thursday and will run through the end of the month. The billboards are up in nearly 100 locations, including both digital and traditional billboards, RAP chief of national communications and outreach Meaghan Leister told Yello in an email. The billboards read, “You lied about the election. The billboards were put up by the group Republican Accountability Project, or RAP, headed by former Trump administration officials Olivia Troye and Elizabeth Neumann. Credit: Republican Accountability ProjectĪ dozen Republicans who voted to object to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College vote count after the attack on the Capitol on January 6 are being called to resign as part of a $1 million national billboard campaign. ![]()
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