Tag: Field trip

Ferguson Police

Bullet hole

Both of these works were made by Robert Longo, are peices made using charcoal, and are untitled. The one depicting the police lined up was made on August 13th, 2014 and the one with the bullet hole was made January 7th, 2015 as you can see these are both fairly recent peices.

Even though these these two peices represent two completely different problems at two different places in the world one showing the police in Ferguson during the riots and the bullets from the terrorist attack in Paris the use of charcoal in both brings a sense of despair and tragedy that really strikes the person viewing the peice and I think that’s incredible also even tho these peices are separate they somehow seem like they’re connected in a way due to the tragic nature of them both it feels as if the police officers could’ve made that bullet hole if that makes any sense.

PATRICK D. PAGNANO

Empire Roller Disco Series, 1980

Artichaval Pigment Prints

I enjoyed the exhibition on Brooklyn Photograph at Bric. The photographer Pagnano’s history of work caught my eye. His photographs were a telling a story about the famous landmark in Brooklyn, Empire Roller Disco in the 1980s. I was drawn to his work because I’m from Brooklyn and my mother was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I remember hearing stories of how much fun she would have going roller skating with her friends an siblings at Empire. It made me feel good to see all the subjects in all of Pagnano’s photographs were caught enjoying themselves, smiling, showing off their latest moves. I felt for a second that I was there, with them at that moment, having a great time as I smiled at the photos. I even caught myself laughing out loud from their facial expressions of showing off. Empire Roller Disco existed when the neighborhood was experiencing riots, poverty, racial tension and demographics were shifting. Pagnano’s photographs captured the disco culture and the culture of the Crown Heights people. Showing even during a rough time in a bad neighborhood there was still a place where people could go and skate their pain away….or just have a really good time!

Patrick D. Pagnano
Untitled, 1980