Black Panther Bobby Seale’s Mistreatment During ‘Chicago 7′ Trial Highlighted in New NYC Art Show Degen Pener
One of the most distressing scenes in Aaron Sorkin’s
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is when Judge Julius Hoffman orders that Black Panther Bobby Seale be gagged and shackled during the 1969 proceedings.
Seale’s inhumane treatment captured by a sketch artist at the time has inspired a new exhibit by artist Karon Davis at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in New York (March 6 to April 24). Titled “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished,” the show, Davis’ first solo exhibition in New York, features a ghostlike sculpture of Seale facing a looming 12-foot-tall judge’s desk and depictions of jury members. It also includes 50 sculpted grocery bags representing the Black Panther Party’s free food programs done in Davis’ signature mummified style. “I have a love for Egypt and mummification and the preservation of history,” says Davis. “I try to do that
Black Panther Bobby Seale s Mistreatment During Chicago 7 Trial Highlighted in New NYC Art Show
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