{"product_id":"garden-of-eden-by-claudia-selene-ypsilanti-mi-copy","title":"An American Dream by Claudia Selene (Ypsilanti, MI)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eAn American Dream\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eClaudia Selene (Ypsilanti, MI)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eOil, 16” H x 20” W x 2” D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eArtwork:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eI began planning this painting when Payton Gendron, a recently converted white supremacist, shot 13 black people he never met before in a supermarket in Buffalo, NY. \"I did a terrible thing that day.\" Gendron said. \"\"I shot and killed people because they were black.\"\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\"An American Dream\" is my exploration of the allure of violent, patriarchal white supremacism in the United States. What is it about these ideologies and their cultural connections to wealth, power and gentility that make them so attractive to young white men?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eArtist Statement:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eThese paintings are part of a body of work exploring what current global events tell us about human nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward A. Dixon Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48899230105774,"sku":null,"price":2700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/1311\/0958\/files\/Selene-AnAmericanDream.jpg?v=1786305434","url":"https:\/\/shop.eadgallery.com\/products\/garden-of-eden-by-claudia-selene-ypsilanti-mi-copy","provider":"Edward A. Dixon Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}