SITCOM / VIOLENCE
"RACE RIOT"
THIS IMAGE IS A SKETCH FROM
PHOTOS OF THE RACE RIOTS IN THE
1960s. It is hard to imagine that going
on outside and the Andy Griffith Show" on
television in homes across America.
THIS IMAGE IS A SKETCH FROM
PHOTOS OF THE RACE RIOTS IN THE
1960s. It is hard to imagine that going
on outside and the Andy Griffith Show" on
television in homes across America.
"ALL IN THE FAMILY"
PAINTING DEPICTS A MOBSTER
WHO HAS BEEN GUNNED DOWN IN
THE STREET.
PAINTING DEPICTS A MOBSTER
WHO HAS BEEN GUNNED DOWN IN
THE STREET.
THE "SITCOM / VIOLENCE" SERIES INCLUDES A
NUMBER OF WORKS BY BLAKE SANDBERG THAT
TAKE SITCOM TELEVISION SHOW TITLES AND
CROSS THEM WITH IMAGERY OF THE TIME
ILLUSTRATING VIOLENCE: MURDER, SUICIDE,
WARFARE, RIOTING, AND THE AFTERMATH OF
THESE EVENTS.
THIS SERIES IS ONGOING AND LARGER WORKS
ARE PLANNED. THESE PAINTINGS AND
DRAWINGS ARE ALL SMALL WORKS ON PAPER.
NUMBER OF WORKS BY BLAKE SANDBERG THAT
TAKE SITCOM TELEVISION SHOW TITLES AND
CROSS THEM WITH IMAGERY OF THE TIME
ILLUSTRATING VIOLENCE: MURDER, SUICIDE,
WARFARE, RIOTING, AND THE AFTERMATH OF
THESE EVENTS.
THIS SERIES IS ONGOING AND LARGER WORKS
ARE PLANNED. THESE PAINTINGS AND
DRAWINGS ARE ALL SMALL WORKS ON PAPER.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE DRAWINGS AND
NOTES BLAKE MAKE FOR THIS SERIES.
INCLUDED ARE AN IMAGE OF THE DC SNIPER -
"JUST SHOOT ME," "EIGHT IS ENOUGH"
(CROSSES), AND "FRIENDS" AS PALL BEARERS
AT A FUNERAL.
NOTES BLAKE MAKE FOR THIS SERIES.
INCLUDED ARE AN IMAGE OF THE DC SNIPER -
"JUST SHOOT ME," "EIGHT IS ENOUGH"
(CROSSES), AND "FRIENDS" AS PALL BEARERS
AT A FUNERAL.
