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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is as pertinent today as it ever was. The fight for racial equality continues with the widespread #BlackLivesMatter movement, and King's revolutionary ideas still resonate with today's discontents. Curator Roula David decided to pay homage to the influential historical figure with the group show "We Have a Dream" at Detroit's Inner State Gallery. For the exhibition, she invited a diverse selection of local, emerging artists to listen to King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech and interpret it for themselves.
London-based, internationally recognized street artist Above will debut his latest body work, “Remix,” at Inner State Gallery in Detroit for his first US solo show in five years this Friday, November 21. Known for his signature upward-pointing arrow, which Above has propagated in more than 100 cities since 2001, the anonymous artist is taking a new approach to his famous image for “Remix.”
Australian artist David “Meggs” Hooke, opened his solo exhibition “Spoiled Rotten” at Inner State Gallery in Detroit on September 19. Using explosive bursts of colors and raw layers of texture, “Spoiled Rotten” explores themes of consumerism and over-obsession with pop culture as Hooke takes iconic images such as Mickey Mouse and yellow smiley faces and exposes their disposability.