This
message was sent to the Capital Art exhibition in Los Angeles
by Mumia Abu-Jamal, to whom the show was dedicated:
"When
one thinks of art, the mind reels and expands to fill the whole
universe of possibilities, for that is what true art really does.
It expands us. It opens us. It shows us other possible ways of
seeing oru world. Isnāt it amazing that the best art only really
works when itās viewed by others? Each pair of eyes that greets
a work enlarges its meaning and broadens the sense of the communal
viewer. It expands us. Art, whether a mural on a ghetto wall,
or a poem recited from the soul, or a song sung from oneās heart,
broadens and brings us together in community. Art is not a commodity.
True art shares itself. It expands us.
I
thank the artists for building, broadening, and expanding the
community through your art. I wish I could be there to hear it,
see it, and smell it, but I cannot. But with your help, that time
will come. I thank you.
Ona
Move
Long
Live John Africa
Mumia Abu-Jamal
December 19, 2000
participating artists:
Pedro Alvarez
Kevin Ancell
AXIS
B+
William Beccio
Sandow Birk
Chaz Bojorquez
Mariana Botey
Mark Bradford
Exene Cervenka
Enrique Chagoya
COAX
Robbie Conal
Femi Dawkins
Charles Dickson
Tony Do
George Domantay
DREAM
Martin Espada
Anne Fishbein
Rafael Gallardo
Diane Gamboa
Ken Gonzales-Day
Mark Greenfield
Salomon Huerta
Steve Irvin
Ulysses Jenkins
Glenn Kaino
KOFIE
Diana Kunce
Mike Ladd
Ken Light
Man One
Daniel Joseph Martinez
Keith Antar Mason
Brad McCallum
MEARONE
Arnold Mesches
MINER
Malaquias Montoya
Viggo Mortensen
Amitis Motevalli
Sergio Munoz-Sarmiento
Kori Newkirk
Ruben Ortiz Torres
John Outterbridge
Sheila Pinkel
Jerry Quickley
Vicente Razo
Regeneration TV
RELIC
Judi Russell
Dread Scott
Seditious Beats
Francesco Siqueiros
SPIE
Laurie Steelink
Martin Travers
TWIST
John Valadez
Clarence Williams
Mario Ybarra
Track 16 Nights,
Friday, February 9
Aesthetics and the Specters of Revolution:
A panel discussion with Robbie Conal, Daniel Joseph Martinez,
and Dread Scott.
Moderated by Mark LeVine.
7:30 PM, $5
