LONG DAYS, NO DREAMS is Marlo Broughton’s exhibition featuring striking, graphic portraits of black community leaders, historical events and anonymous figures illustrate the continuous fight for freedom and equal rights for people of color (POC). Martin Luther King Jr. once said that he had a Dream- yet to this day black Americans are still fighting for that.

In his series of portraits, the eyes of his figures stare intensely and confront the viewer, connecting their history with the present. Often compositions include re-designed and re-contextualized imagery referencing historical events during the Civil Rights Movement alluding that history remains present within. The mainstream media and culture often paints a picture of news and politics as being black and white, but they fail to see the nuisances. He hopes that viewers may instead see that within the context of each painting, they can find the details to instead see middle ground.