Welcome to the grapa blog!
THE GRAPA is (for now) a contemporary art gallery without a physical presence, we are a virtual gallery. Since we opened our electronic doors in June 2023, we have embraced this fact and we have relied on social media to find and connect with the political art community globally. We have been active in posting and sharing on social media, particularly Instagram, where we have our largest online presence. We have been overwhelmed by the positive response, support, and encouragement that THE GRAPA has received. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
The social media posts that have generated the most interest tended to overwhelmingly be informational or ideational; about which political art exhibitions you should visit in 2024, issues that women artists have championed, ideas that can change the world, incarcerated artists, posts about political artists, and in our increasingly popular political art bulletin: #thegrapagram!
Like many things at THE GRAPA, we would like to have the gallery evolve organically and be responsive to the needs of the political art community of which we are a small, and proud part. But most importantly, we would like THE GRAPA to make a difference, and to reflect our values. We have therefore decided to start ¨the grapa blog¨; intentionally uncapped, intentionally humble, but very determined to make this space one that is useful, and which we hope, can meaningfully contribute to driving the type of change that we would like to realize in this big, beautiful and complex world of ours.
It is our hope, that this space will be a blank canvas of sorts, for those on the frontline of the political art scene to connect, to share ideas and knowledge openly and safely, on a wide range of relevant and topical issues. It has the added benefit, of providing more space than the average 30-second social media post! To date, GRAPA artist Desmond Alli´s artwork is our most viewed post on Instagram, 1,000,000 times over, so it seems fitting that we should start this blog series with a post by him.
We hope that the grapa blog, will be a place for you to find information, inspiration, useful connections, and impactful interactions!
Thank you for dropping by, do stay connected.
