Masseys Confirmed!

We have confirmed Ed and Bernie Massey for the last weekend in February! This is huge for Chattanooga!

Ed Massey is a sculptor, painter, and author whose work serves as social commentary of contemporary issues. His personal website is www.edmassey.com. Bernie Massey is a social entrepreneur and founder of the Center for American Studies and Culture. Click this link for full bios. The Massey brothers founded Portraits of Hope (www.portraitsofhope.org) in 1995 and have since conducted art education and therapy projects with children in hospitals and schools. Was offering a bit of history. Photo above is an Ed Massey piece: "Agua Dulce" from 1995.

This one to the right is from 2007 and is much closer to the kind of marks they typically use for their collaborative pieces. It is called "Inertia in Motion" and there are many versions of it. I feel likewise.

The one to the left is an early installation piece: "The Corporate Ladder" from 1990. Ed did many pieces that were political commentaries including (see below) "Morality/Mortality" about sexual assault. There were versions in five cities on exhibit concurrently in 1994. I remember seeing this one when I lived in NYC and would have had no idea that I would be back in Chattanooga, doing what I do now ...

Montage of some Massey news coverage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQHdzmyJPJY&feature=player_embedded