Presented by SEPIA Collective, Zack De La Rocha, Razor Step, in association with Road to Artdom
Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles
By Amy Kaeser
Through May 14th
“50 Artists Interpret 50 Years of the Black Panther Party,” is the subscript for a show dedicated to the Black Panther Party (BPP) and their publication, Black Panther. As the largest show ever devoted to the BPP, ICONIC: Black Panther at Gregorio Escalante Gallery in Los Angeles’ Chinatown district, showcases artist’s whose work engages with the legacy of BPP, the Civil Rights Movement, social justice, the Black Lives Matter movement, racism and gender discrimination, and minority visibility in the media. The organizers of ICONIC, the SEPIA Collective, a Los Angeles-based, non-profit group of multi-cultural artists, activists, and curators celebrates the history and significant, albeit controversial, Black Panthers.
Pilar Aguero-Esparza’s Ferguson 7: Sepia and Mahogany (2017), crayon, color pencil on paper, is a simple yet powerful image of resistance.