The Truth About Swans—A Song For America

 

Art and Soul—Vilified But Not Vanquished

 

The Arts, Culture, History and News in America are all currently being rewritten. They are being guided by revisionist hands that are working overtime to bring us history and culture whitewashed of any “ideologies inconsistent with Federal Laws and Policy,” a recently signed executive order with the mandate to “Restore Truth and Sanity to American History.”

(Left)    "Vessel #98—Hitch,"  Wood,   22" x 25" x 50" (h),

(Right) "Vessel #24—Cold Secret,"  Wood, 18" x 14" x 75" (h)

Hitler’s “Degenerate Art,” Exhibition, Stalin’s execution of Ukrainian poets and writers, Mao Zedong’s “Cultural Revolution,” and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban’s “Culture Laws” have set a precedent for the current US Administration’s sanction to suppress dissent, cultural autonomy and creative expression.

This transformed interpretation of “American Culture” has resulted in assaulting the Smithsonian Institution with a directive to remove “improper, divisive or anti-American sentiments,” a call to dismantle the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, abolish “woke” performances from the Kennedy Center, defund National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcast Service (PBS), and threaten media outlets that present opposing views.

"Vessel #42—Midlife"   Wood, 22" x 20" x 81" (h).  (Private Collection)

As Mark Twain said, "How easy it is to make people believe a lie,
and how hard it is to undo that work again.”

To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:

Jeff Key—Website:  http://www.jeffmkey.com

Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/

“...And on the Seventh Day He Created Golf”

It’s spring but despite the yearning of buds to become flowers the skies over America have turned ominous and there is now a pall over our “purple mountain majesties and amber waves of grain.”

Ramadan recently ended and Passover and Easter are upon us. What would Muhammed, Moses, and Jesus have to say about their legacy?  Would they sit by the fire and weep for their disciples, would they scream in outrage about the values of the Earth’s current leaders, or would they break into laughter thinking it was all a joke?

( Apologies to Michelangelo…..

Any resemblance to existing deities, grifters or jesters is entirely coincidental)

"Vessel #8—Blue Sky"   Wood,  48" x 24" x 48"

It’s our Universe—it’s all we have…..
Do we save it or let it sink into oblivion?

As Albert Einstein said, “"Two things are infinite: the universe
and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:

Jeff Key—Website:  http://www.jeffmkey.com

Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/

January 20—A Tale of Two Countries

On Jan. 20, 2025 we will inaugurate Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States and on the same day we will celebrate the birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

The contrast between the two men could not be more extreme. One has just been elected as president on a platform of misogyny, racism, divisiveness and lies while the other spent his life fighting for equality and justice. 

(L)  "Vessel #26—Cold Secret"   Wood, 18" x 14 75" (h).      

(R)  "Vessel #75—Quarter/Half"  Wood, 24" x 48" x 120" (h) 

(Donor Purchase for permanent installation 

at the Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, California)

"Vessel # 92—Locus". Wood & Flax, 40" x 28" 6" (d) (Wall Piece).   

• Installed at the Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, California

Only time will tell which way the political winds will blow…..but we can fight to maintain our inalienable rights, work toward making our communities a better place, and stand by the words of Reverend King who declared that— 

“the arc of the moral universe is long
but it bends toward justice.”

To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:

Jeff Key—Website:  http://www.jeffmkey.com

Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/