One of the most distressing scenes in Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 is when Judge Julius Hoffman orders that Black Panther Bobby Seale be gagged and shackled during the 1969 proceedings.
Seale's inhumane treatment — captured by a sketch artist at the time — has inspired a new exhibit by artist Karon Davis at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in New York (March 6 to April 24).
Titled "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished," the show, Davis' first solo exhibition in New York, features a ghostlike sculpture of Seale facing a looming 12-foot-tall judge's desk and depictions of jury members.
It also includes 50 sculpted grocery bags — representing the Black Panther Party's free food programs — done in Davis' signature mummified style.
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