“One of the hardest things I had to do as an artist is decide what we want to see,” says Williams. He’s directing his attention to creating youth-arts programs that inspire kids to imagine the type of world they want to see - one where people matter more than corporations. Williams says he tries to balance light and dark in his work, both literally and figuratively. I thought doctors had autonomy to give patients options for pain management.” “The doctors said in their procedure it’s almost mandatory that they offer a patient opioids for pain, even though we know how addictive they are. ”I talked to a lot of doctors, therapists and counselors to create this piece,” says Williams. There are fishhooks coming out of the pills and the words “got ‘em” are etched on one side. The piece consists of a three-foot-tall pill bottle labeled “Percotrap” with dozens of white pills spilling out onto a blue counter. The result is “Watch for the Hook,” which he designed with local fabricator Antonio Darden. He worked with Mara Schenker, an orthopedic surgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital, and the life care specialists at the Christopher Wolf Crusade to conceptualize a piece that addresses the opioid epidemic. It’s a comment on the addiction to instant gratification and the cost of that to the environment.įor muralist Fabian Williams, collaborating with Science Gallery Atlanta was a chance to express everything he’d been feeling while following the Purdue Pharma investigation in the headlines. While walking through the large-scale piece, “Trashy City,” visitors hear the beeps of delivery trucks in reverse and Ring doorbells chiming. Toward the back of the gallery, Marina Skye, who creates under the name Set by Skye, built a model of the Atlanta skyline out of discarded cardboard boxes. About a year after the mixtape release, 21-year-old Juice Wrld died from an accidental overdose. The marker illustration depicts a cup of lean (purple cough syrup and soda) pouring out onto the earth, which is covered with pills. Exploring addiction through artĪrtist Frank “ Paper Frank” Dunson’s design for “Wrld on Drugs,” a 2018 mixtape by rappers Juice Wrld and Future, is at the entrance of the Atlanta exhibition.
“I wanted to challenge these popular artists to do something outside of their comfort zone and explore a topic that may not necessarily appear in their work otherwise,” Hall says. To infuse the Atlanta flavor, Hall called on some of the city’s most popular public artists to create original displays, sculptures and murals that address addiction. The Atlanta version includes work from the London exhibition as well as work by local artists. The "HOOKED” exhibition started at Science Gallery London in 2018. SGI came to Emory through the work of Deborah Bruner, senior vice president of research, and a faculty advisory board consisting of researchers from Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Emory School of Medicine.
The facility is a part of Emory University’s partnership with Science Gallery International (SGI), a Dublin-based organization that aims to “bring together science, art, technology and design to deliver world-class educational and cultural experiences for young people.” SGI has locations at top universities in Dublin, London, Detroit, Melbourne, Venice, Bengaluru and Rotterdam. “HOOKED” is the inaugural exhibition for Science Gallery Atlanta, which opened in May at Pullman Yards. “No one is exempt from struggling with addiction you just may not have found the right thing yet.” “This exhibition is about unpacking all that we think we know about addiction and approaching the topic from a public health perspective,” Hall says.
The 22 pieces in “HOOKED” are on display through Sept. The piece, “We’re All Searching for Rest” by sculptor William Massey, represents the relief that many people find themselves looking for externally.Ĭo-curators Hannah Redler Hawes and Floyd Hall want to destigmatize addiction by showing how the desire to feel better can morph into an uncontrollable habit. A giant statue at the gallery exit is covered with shopping bags, vape pens, cell phones, liquor bottles, candy wrappers and other items visitors are invited to leave behind to represent their addictions. To understand the “HOOKED” exhibition at Science Gallery Atlanta is to begin at the end.
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