Ralph Fasanella at Andrew Edlin Gallery

Union recruiter and self-taught artist Ralph Fasanella’s socially conscious paintings – like this piece, which conflates scenes related to JFK’s assassination with civil rights protests – resonate, even in today’s apolitical art world.  (At Chelsea’s Andrew Edlin Gallery through June 22nd).  

Ralph Fasanella, American Tragedy (detail), oil on canvas, 1964.