WEBVTT 00:06.366 --> 00:12.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MUCH MORE AHEAD, INCLUDING OUR 00:08.100 --> 00:14.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE 00:09.366 --> 00:16.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% CITY'S SPIKING VIOLENCE. 00:12.133 --> 00:18.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> BUT FIRST MEXICAN ARTIST 00:14.200 --> 00:21.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GABRIEL VILLA IS EXPLORING HIS 00:16.500 --> 00:22.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL 00:18.966 --> 00:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TRANSFORMATION IN AN ARTIST IN 00:21.133 --> 00:25.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE EXHIBIT CALLED "THE 00:22.800 --> 00:27.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% METAMORPHOSIS OF GABRIEL VILLA". 00:24.700 --> 00:29.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU 00:25.433 --> 00:31.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SHARES MORE FROM THE HYDE PARK 00:27.666 --> 00:33.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% ART CENTER. 00:29.400 --> 00:35.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% [♪♪♪] 00:31.600 --> 00:37.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> FOR INDEPENDENT ARTIST 00:33.166 --> 00:38.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% GABRIEL VILLA, HIS WORK 00:35.533 --> 00:39.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% INHERENTLY IS A REFLECTION OF 00:37.200 --> 00:41.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% HIS IDENTITY. 00:38.166 --> 00:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> I CAN'T HELP IT. 00:39.700 --> 00:45.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LIKE EVERYTHING I DO IS JUST 00:41.166 --> 00:48.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LOADED WITH MY CULTURE. 00:43.233 --> 00:49.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING. 00:45.366 --> 00:51.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND I DON'T RESIST THAT. 00:48.600 --> 00:52.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND AT THE SAME TIME I'M NOT 00:49.733 --> 00:55.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THINKING ABOUT IT LIKE 00:51.433 --> 00:58.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% CONSCIOUSLY. 00:52.533 --> 00:59.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> FOR OVER 20 YEARS, VILLA HAS 00:55.966 --> 01:03.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EXPLORED HIS MEXICAN AMERICAN 00:58.333 --> 01:04.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HERITAGE THROUGH DRAWINGS, 00:59.900 --> 01:05.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PAINTINGS AND MOST RECENTLY 01:03.800 --> 01:09.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% SCULPTURES. 01:04.333 --> 01:10.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> DEPENDING ON THE POINT OF 01:05.833 --> 01:14.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% VIEW BEING SEEN SOCIALLY AND 01:09.133 --> 01:16.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% GLOBALLY AND WHAT TYPE OF 01:10.866 --> 01:18.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STORYLINE IT'S BEING DELIVERED, 01:14.000 --> 01:21.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOMETIMES YOU KNOW IT CAN COME 01:16.666 --> 01:27.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ACROSS AS THE IMMIGRATION 01:18.166 --> 01:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EXPERIENCE OR COME ACROSS AS A 01:21.400 --> 01:30.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% STEREOTYPE OR IT CAN COME ACROSS 01:27.066 --> 01:33.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY STICK ALL LATINO ARTISTS 01:29.433 --> 01:34.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% INTO BOXES. 01:30.600 --> 01:36.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I WANT TO CHALLENGE ALL THOSE 01:33.900 --> 01:38.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NOTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME I 01:34.700 --> 01:39.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WANT TO CELEBRATE THEM. 01:36.533 --> 01:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> VILLA ACKNOWLEDGES THE 01:38.100 --> 01:44.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CHALLENGES AND CELEBRATIONS BY 01:39.766 --> 01:44.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CREATING WORKS THAT OFFER SOCIAL 01:42.066 --> 01:48.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CRITIQUES OR TELLING PERSONAL 01:44.066 --> 01:51.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% NARRATIVES. 01:44.466 --> 01:52.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BUT THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. 01:48.766 --> 01:54.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> MY CERAMICS INMY OPINION ARE 01:51.433 --> 01:57.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% MUCH MORE FLUID. 01:52.800 --> 02:00.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AS I KEPT FOLLOWING THE PROCESS 01:54.466 --> 02:02.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OF THE CERAMIC PIECES, THEY 01:57.233 --> 02:03.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STARTED TO BECOME LESS AND LESS 02:00.300 --> 02:06.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% NARRATIVE WHICH IS A BIT 02:02.766 --> 02:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% DIFFERENT. 02:03.133 --> 02:13.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IT IS A BIT OF A DEPARTURE. 02:06.600 --> 02:13.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND AT THEIR CORE, I THEY ARE A 02:09.933 --> 02:14.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CELEBRATION OF THE CREATIVE 02:13.166 --> 02:16.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% PROCESS. 02:13.500 --> 02:18.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT 02:14.933 --> 02:18.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MAKING ART IS TRYING TO TAP INTO 02:16.500 --> 02:21.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SOMETHING THAT IS NOT OBVIOUS TO 02:18.600 --> 02:24.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% ME. 02:18.933 --> 02:27.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND I STARTED TO LIKE REALLY 02:21.300 --> 02:30.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DISCOVER HOW CAN I PUSH MY OWN 02:24.833 --> 02:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BOUNDARIES OF CREATING FORM AND 02:27.333 --> 02:33.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHAT CAN THE IMAGINATION REVEAL 02:30.266 --> 02:37.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% TO ME. 02:31.333 --> 02:39.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> UNLIKE MOST ARTISTS VILLA'S 02:33.033 --> 02:40.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WORK IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF A 02:37.700 --> 02:41.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% PARTICULAR STYLE. 02:39.300 --> 02:44.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> MY WORK CHALLENGES PEOPLE. 02:40.433 --> 02:47.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% I DON'T THINK IT'S EASY. 02:41.933 --> 02:52.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I DON'T THINK IT IS AN EASY SEE. 02:44.766 --> 02:54.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I THINK YOU HAVE TO REALLY STAND 02:47.233 --> 02:57.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IN FRONT OF MY WORK AND TRY TO 02:52.166 --> 03:02.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NOT FIND THE ANSWERS OR TRY TO 02:54.633 --> 03:02.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ARTIST IS 02:57.200 --> 03:04.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, BUT MY 03:02.100 --> 03:04.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% WORK -- 03:02.433 --> 03:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THE PAINTINGS ARE HEAD 03:04.000 --> 03:08.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% SCRATCHERS. 03:04.800 --> 03:14.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE THING 03:06.933 --> 03:15.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% VILLA SEEMS TO HOPE PEOPLE FIND. 03:08.933 --> 03:17.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I WOULD LIKE A VIEWER TO GET 03:14.166 --> 03:20.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A NOTION ALSO THIS IS SOMETHING 03:15.466 --> 03:20.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT I THINK ABOUT A LOT, IS 03:17.666 --> 03:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WHAT DOES AMERICAN ART LOOK 03:20.433 --> 03:24.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% LIKE? 03:20.733 --> 03:26.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHAT DOES CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN 03:23.200 --> 03:28.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% ART LOOK LIKE? 03:24.433 --> 03:33.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 03:26.933 --> 03:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I MEAN, TO ME, EVEN THOUGH IT 03:28.800 --> 03:38.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HAS A HEAVY LATINO MEXICAN 03:33.933 --> 03:40.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE BUT THAT'S 03:36.400 --> 03:41.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% AN AMERICAN STORY. 03:38.533 --> 03:43.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M 03:40.100 --> 03:46.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% ANGEL IDOWU. 03:41.066 --> 03:46.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% [♪♪♪]