Envisioning the Dark Millennium - Wally Hedrick

Wally Hedrick's voice, a unique blend of truth and madness, resonates with the urgency of a prophet. His fiery denouncement of the world's evils and call for a return to humanity and spiritual enlightenment are unlike any other. His Black Paintings, emerging during the rise of the Unamerican Empire, mark a pivotal moment in history, a time of profound and radical changes that the old world struggles to navigate.

Amidst the revolutionary climate stoked by aggressive US militarism, Wally Hedrick stands as a beacon of vision. He guides those with a visionary outlook, akin to William Blake, to discern the signs of the contemporary apocalypse. It is when humanity is on the cusp of liberation, ready to rise and overthrow tyranny in its most appalling forms. As an artist and a mystic, Hedrick positions himself as a radical visionary, challenging the established order of his era.

Wally Hedrick, a figure profoundly out of step with his contemporaries, offers a stark opposition to the world around him. His isolation is deeply felt, yet it is in these times that his insights are most needed. Despite this, his voice remains unheard, highlighting a profound disconnect between his visionary perspective and the society he seeks to influence.

LG Williams is a Los Angeles-based artist and recently the Endowed University Instructor at The Academy of Art University; Robert Hughes Distinguished Visual Artist-In-Residence at The Lodge in Hollywood, CA; and the Emmy Hennings Distinguished Professor at D(D).DDDD University. LG has exhibited in various national and international venues, including The Internet Pavilion of La Biennale Di Venezia, and has appeared in Artforum, The New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Japan Times, Los Angeles Times, La Stampa, Bookforum, Purple Diary, Mousse Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail among others.PCP Press is an independent publisher of avant-garde books and insurgent authors. Founded in 1990 in San Francisco at a time when transgressive and sometimes esoteric international art books had a difficult time making their way into the wider American marketplace, over the past three decades PCP has grown into a consistent publisher of books, special editions and rare publications from an array of the world’s most respected authors and cultural institutions — including Raymond Pettibon, Dave Hickey, Wayne Thiebaud, Bryan Reynolds, David Hawkes, Shepard Fairey, LG Williams, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, and Luscerne Kunstpanorama.