KHALID ROBINSON ISHALID ROBINSON IS zigzagging through galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art when a disturbing canvas stops him in his tracks. It depicts a naked man with a vertical gash in his torso, through which a second naked man, covered in blood, drifts outward. The painting, by the surrealist Victor Brauner, is titled âSuicide at Dawn.â âItâs from 1930!â Khalid says incredulously, scanning the wall text. âThatâs crazy to me, to think about how long people have been making art about pain, about love â about all the things weâre still making art about.â He lingers a moment, then starts moving again. âIâve written songs about friends who dealt with suicidal thoughts,â he says, following a train of thought. âIâve never felt that way myself, exactly,âŚ