The Culture: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century presents a sweeping art history of hip hop culture and its myriad expressions across the globe. This multidisciplinary and multimedia exhibition examines the resounding impact of hip hop on contemporary art and culture, including its unique contributions to innovations in music, visual and performing arts, fashion, and technology. To illuminate the depth of hip hop鈥檚 influence, the exhibition will feature immersive installations, fashion, painting, sculpture, photography, and video, showcasing the complex, expansive, and international allure of one of the 20th and 21st century鈥檚 great cultural movements.
The Culture will prominently showcase iconic paintings not previously exhibited in St. Louis by some of the art world鈥檚 most famous practitioners, including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Mark Bradford, as well as works by artists represented in the SLAM collection, such as Julie Mehretu and Carrie Mae Weems. Other featured artists include Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, Jordan Casteel, Kudzanai Chiurai, William Cordova, Hassan Hajjaj, Lauren Halsey, Arthur Jafa, Deana Lawson, Hank Willis Thomas, and others.
The exhibition will include significant examples of fashion, including looks from Virgil Abloh鈥檚 collections for Louis Vuitton, legendary streetwear brand Cross Colours, as well as a range of music ephemera. To further illuminate hip hop鈥檚 influence, the exhibition incorporates artists with deep ties to local communities. St. Louis and Missouri artists include Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, Damon Davis, Jen Everett, Aaron Fowler, Kahlil Robert Irving, Shabez Jamal, Yvonne Osei, and Adrian Octavius Walker.
The Culture will explore a series of themes, emphasizing pressing issues in the hip hop industry, such as the complex relationship between capitalism, commodification, and racial identity; hip hop culture鈥檚 connection to gender, sexuality, feminism, appropriation, and misogyny; as well as hip hop鈥檚 relationship to the art world and the art market.
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The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century presents a sweeping art history of hip hop culture and its myriad expressions across the globe. This multidisciplinary and multimedia exhibition examines the resounding impact of hip hop on contemporary art and culture, including its unique contributions to innovations in music, visual and performing arts, fashion, and technology. To illuminate the depth of hip hop鈥檚 influence, the exhibition will feature immersive installations, fashion, painting, sculpture, photography, and video, showcasing the complex, expansive, and international allure of one of the 20th and 21st century鈥檚 great cultural movements.
The Culture will prominently showcase iconic paintings not previously exhibited in St. Louis by some of the art world鈥檚 most famous practitioners, including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Mark Bradford, as well as works by artists represented in the SLAM collection, such as Julie Mehretu and Carrie Mae Weems. Other featured artists include Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, Jordan Casteel, Kudzanai Chiurai, William Cordova, Hassan Hajjaj, Lauren Halsey, Arthur Jafa, Deana Lawson, Hank Willis Thomas, and others.
The exhibition will include significant examples of fashion, including looks from Virgil Abloh鈥檚 collections for Louis Vuitton, legendary streetwear brand Cross Colours, as well as a range of music ephemera. To further illuminate hip hop鈥檚 influence, the exhibition incorporates artists with deep ties to local communities. St. Louis and Missouri artists include Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, Damon Davis, Jen Everett, Aaron Fowler, Kahlil Robert Irving, Shabez Jamal, Yvonne Osei, and Adrian Octavius Walker.
The Culture will explore a series of themes, emphasizing pressing issues in the hip hop industry, such as the complex relationship between capitalism, commodification, and racial identity; hip hop culture鈥檚 connection to gender, sexuality, feminism, appropriation, and misogyny; as well as hip hop鈥檚 relationship to the art world and the art market.
Artists on show
- Aaron Fowler
- Adrian Walker
- Anthony Akinbola
- Arthur Jafa
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Damon Davis
- Deana Lawson
- Derrick Adams
- Hank Willis Thomas
- Hassan Hajjaj
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Jen Everett
- Jordan Casteel
- Julie Mehretu
- Kahlil Irving
- Kudzanai Chiurai
- Lauren Halsey
- Louis Vuitton
- Mark Bradford
- Nina Chanel Abney
- Shabez Jamal
- Virgil Abloh
- William Cordova
- Yvonne Osei
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