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On July 25, Jordan Weber presented an event hosted by the Des Moines Art Center and invited two prominent artists shown in the exhibit, Dread Scott and John Sims, to elaborate on their ideas. They pulled no punches, speaking with candor of their work and the issues it elaborates, detailing overt and covert disparities that result from unequal treatment of persons based on race — failures within American systems of jurisprudence, law enforcement, and education. The artists, in lively discussion with the audience, proposed solutions ranging from advocating radical change, to communism, and even revolution.
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Divisions of race, class, and place haunt aspirations for equality and justice in the US.
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Dread Scott On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide performance still

Dread Scott A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday

John Sims The Proper Way to Buy a Hanging Confederate Flag
JORDAN WEBER
CREATIVE – Painter, Muralist, & Environmental Activist
Jordan Weber is a painter, muralist and environmental activist who uses imagery from pop culture to create works that intend to shock viewers from their daily routine and increase their awareness and compassion to the world around them. Weber’s works are often constructed from repurposed materials including plywood taken from blighted properties, concrete, neon, tennis shoes and spray paint. Weber recently received an artist fellowship from the Iowa Arts Council and his works are included in collections across the globe.
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CREATIVE – Painter, Muralist, & Environmental Activist
Jordan Weber is a painter, muralist and environmental activist who uses imagery from pop culture to create works that intend to shock viewers from their daily routine and increase their awareness and compassion to the world around them. Weber’s works are often constructed from repurposed materials including plywood taken from blighted properties, concrete, neon, tennis shoes and spray paint. Weber recently received an artist fellowship from the Iowa Arts Council and his works are included in collections across the globe.
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On July 25, Jordan Weber presented an event hosted by the Des Moines Art Center and invited two prominent artists shown in the exhibit, Dread Scott and John Sims, to elaborate on their ideas. They pulled no punches, speaking with candor of their work and the issues it elaborates, detailing overt and covert disparities that result from unequal treatment of persons based on race — failures within American systems of jurisprudence, law enforcement, and education. The artists, in lively discussion with the audience, proposed solutions ranging from advocating radical change, to communism, and even revolution.
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