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John Isiah WaltonHot Deet2020
2020
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Documentation of Summer in the year 2020. To wear a mask or not is the question some Americans are asking themselves as they head into Day 129 of the COVID-19 Viral Outbreak marked by Civil Unrest in the light of racially motivated police shootings. The warm color palette evokes the sweltering heat of a tropical Louisiana Summer, which can act as an added layer of oppression.
Daily temperature checks become the norm for many attempts to resume normal activities. Their temperature must fall into the acceptable range, noted in the box up, in order to be characterized as a non-threat. Opposite the thermometer is a different kind of scale. A Social Temperature is tracked on the right, ranging from a tranquil blue PAIS (Peace in Old French) to a warm orange NEUTER (Neutral in Latin) and escalating into the red hot RIOTER zone.
The BLM mask-wearing head in the center references the relationship between the two races that is being held together by several threads. A sprinkling of mosquitos, remind us of viral vectors from our landscape’s past and represent an added threat to anyone attempting to social distance in the Great Outdoors. Instead of a mask, this threat uses a DEET Mosquito Repellent mist to protect the body.
JOHN ISIAH WALTON was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently lives and works as a fine artist. He attended St. Augustine H.S. (1999-2002) and graduated from Sarah T. Reed H.S. (2003). Walton received an AA degree in 2012 from Delgado College, New Orleans. Walton has been a member of Second Story Gallery (2012- 13) and The Front, New Orleans (2014-2017) Level Artist Collective (2015-Present). He has lectured about his work to the graduate program at UNC, Chapel Hill (2014) & his work was donated to the permanent collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
- Creator:John Isiah Walton (1985, American)
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10527248942
“John Isiah Walton is an emerging artist with a strong conceptual streak who often bespeaks a stinging social commentary. His use of wit and irony addressing the constructs of race and class is irreverent and sensitive. Walton’s scheme is to connect a politically correct discourse (Hank Willis Thomas) with politically incorrect humor (Richard Prince). Male artists who exploit sophomoric humor often mask the fact that they have difficulty in satirizing human dilemmas with depth. Walton is not of that school.” -Diego Cortez 2015, Ny Art Beat. Walton was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently resides. He attended St. Augustine H.S. (1999-2002) and graduated from Sarah T. Reed H.S. (2003). Walton received an AA degree in 2012 from Delgado College, New Orleans. He has had solo exhibitions at Identity Books, Graham, NC (2014), Gallery P339 (2015 & 2016), Brooklyn, NY and Ohr O’Keefe Museum, Biloxi ,MS (2019), Level Artist Collective, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, LA (2019) & Southeastern University, Hammond, LA. Selected group shows include The Front, LA (2014); New Orleans Museum of Art, LA (2014), Art Lab Akiba, Ginza, Tokyo (2014), Untitled Art Projects, LA (2013), and Atlanta Biennial, GA (2019). Walton is a founding member of the Second Story Gallery (2012-13), Level Artist Collective (2014-present) & the first African American member of The Front, New Orleans (2014-2017). He has lectured about his work to the graduate program at UNC, Chapel Hill (2014), and Southeastern Louisiana University undergraduate program (2021).
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