John Mellencamp Community

Attention Mellenheads! You are cordially invited to the private Mellencamp Fan Appreciation Night at the ACA Galleries in New York City on Saturday, November 21st from 7-9pm to view John's current art exhibit John Mellencamp: The Isolation of Mister in a private setting. For complete details on the event and RSVP information please email [email protected]. Reservations are required to attend. *Please note John Mellencamp is unable to attend the event.

Watch a fan's video of John's interesting conversation with Dr. Louis A. Zona of the Butler Institute of American Art, in Youngstown, OH at the opening of the exhibit to learn more about John and his art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJcPJ9B6d8&feature=youtu.be

Please read excerpts from the official Press Release announcing the show. "The list of giants of American art whose careers were established or advanced by ACA Galleries would cover several pages. They are artists who have had something to say; a social conscience to express; a radical concept of art to advocate. Mellencamp found his visual voice in Expressionism. The German Expressionism of the early twentieth century, with its anguish over human brutality and corruption, spoke to Mellencamp’s deep feelings about social justice. Mellencamp’s imagery thus takes its inspiration from the same sources as his music: the struggles of the working man and woman, oppressive authority and social struggle. And like his music, the paintings are carefully composed through the structural requirements of harmony, rhythm and order. The exhibition title conveys how John must essentially isolate himself, using the silence to summon images and manifest his voice..."  Read more about the 80 years of Advocacy for American Art on the ACA Gallery Website and read the complete press release on Mellencamp.com.