Lemar And Dauley®

Lifted from an oft-parodied 2004 German film called “Downfall,” the three-and-a-half-minute YouTube clip expertly synchs expletive-laced subtitles to the lip movements of the actors, principally the lunatic Hitler, played by the Wim Wenders favorite Bruno Ganz in an unintentionally comic turn worthy of Mel Brooks. Haunted by his failure as a painter, the fuming dictator predicts a dire future for a Deitch-led MOCA deluged by skateboarders and graffiti artists like Shepherd Fairey and Barry McGee, whom Deitch has championed. 

In a critical event, MOCA Cleveland is currently playing host to the first ever public survey of contemporary African American art in the Ohio region. From Then To Now: Masterworks Of Contemporary African American Art. The exhibition features 27 artists, and begins with signature pieces by such pioneering figures of the 1970s and 1980s as Romare Bearden or Alma Thomas, and continues up to the present with prime examples of works by artists such as Lenardo Drew, Alison Saar, Willie Cole, David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, René Green, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley, among others.  Addressing a range of themes and issues, the exhibition presents an overview of the rich cultural heritage voiced by contemporary African-American artists in their examination of history, identity, and memory.

Im feeling that “my chain is neon” line!