May 3, 2011
BXMA - Curatorial and Education Programming
The first exhibition to examine the transnational impact of hip-hop culture on contemporary art is currently on view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts through March 3. Entitled "One Planet under a Groove: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art," the exhibit features the work of 30 visual artists based in the United States, Europe and Japan. Artists include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Davide Bertocchi, Sanford Biggers with David Ellis, Max King Cap, Juan Capistran, Mel Chin, Renee Green, David Hammons, Keith Haring, Nikki S. Lee, Chris Ofili, Erik Parker, Adrian Piper, Nadine Robinson, Dario Robleto, Douglas Ross, Sol Sax, Coreen Simpson, Susan Smith-Pinelo, Hisashi Tenmyouya and Martin Wong. These artists span several artistic generations, and their work reflects the evolution of hip-hop from an urban street culture to a billion-dollar industry, according to museum officials. Many of the works challenge hip-hop stereotypes.
Comprised of more than 60 works including paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, installations and videos, all created in the past two decades, the exhibit suggests that the frenetic, graffiti style of painting of artists like Basquiat and Haring evoke the "cutting" and "scratching" techniques of early hip-hop DJs.The exhibition's title plays off a similarly titled classic 1978 song by Funkadelic whose music has been widely sampled by hip-hop acts.
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COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
Comprised of more than 60 works including paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, installations and videos, all created in the past two decades, the exhibit suggests that the frenetic, graffiti style of painting of artists like Basquiat and Haring evoke the "cutting" and "scratching" techniques of early hip-hop DJs.The exhibition's title plays off a similarly titled classic 1978 song by Funkadelic whose music has been widely sampled by hip-hop acts.
COPYRIGHT 2002 Advanstar Communications, Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
TWO COLORFUL MURALS ADORN TREMONT PARK
Parkies, the Bronx Museum of Art, VIP Community Services, and community members celebrated the unveiling of two 8’x 16’ murals by artist Brett Cook-Dizney on Monday, January 28, 2002. The murals were installed in Tremont Park in the Bronx as a collaboration between Parks Temporary Public Art Program and the Bronx Museum of Art. The graffiti-style portraits are two of five murals from the public artwork entitled "Information for Peace and Democracy." Cook-Disney worked with the Collaborative Arts Program (CAP)2002: Artists in Community Residencies, a museum-sponsored public art education program, to produce portraits in response to the tragic events of September 11th. Two women, Thelma and Lisa, are the subjects of the two murals installed at the northeast entrance to Tremont Park. The colorful and
thought-provoking murals will bring vibrancy and life to the community during the winter months and are on display through June. The three other portraits are currently being installed throughout the South Bronx, including one adjacent to the Museum. William (Zorro) Castro, acting on behalf of Commissioner Henry J.(StarQuest)
Stern, welcomed honored guests and attendees. In attendance were Dorothy (Polka) Lewandowski, Bronx Chief of Operations; Adrian (Sassafras) Sas, Public Art Curator; Jenny (Wren)Dixon, Executive Director of The Bronx Museum of Art’s; Eathon Hall, Curator of Education and Public Programs of The Bronx Museum of Art’s; Donna Kessinger, CAP Facilitator; Sandra Ruiz Butter, Executive Director of VIP Community Services, and Elenore Penziner, Manager of External Affairs of VIP Community Services.
Parkies, the Bronx Museum of Art, VIP Community Services, and community members celebrated the unveiling of two 8’x 16’ murals by artist Brett Cook-Dizney on Monday, January 28, 2002. The murals were installed in Tremont Park in the Bronx as a collaboration between Parks Temporary Public Art Program and the Bronx Museum of Art. The graffiti-style portraits are two of five murals from the public artwork entitled "Information for Peace and Democracy." Cook-Disney worked with the Collaborative Arts Program (CAP)2002: Artists in Community Residencies, a museum-sponsored public art education program, to produce portraits in response to the tragic events of September 11th. Two women, Thelma and Lisa, are the subjects of the two murals installed at the northeast entrance to Tremont Park. The colorful and
thought-provoking murals will bring vibrancy and life to the community during the winter months and are on display through June. The three other portraits are currently being installed throughout the South Bronx, including one adjacent to the Museum. William (Zorro) Castro, acting on behalf of Commissioner Henry J.(StarQuest)
Stern, welcomed honored guests and attendees. In attendance were Dorothy (Polka) Lewandowski, Bronx Chief of Operations; Adrian (Sassafras) Sas, Public Art Curator; Jenny (Wren)Dixon, Executive Director of The Bronx Museum of Art’s; Eathon Hall, Curator of Education and Public Programs of The Bronx Museum of Art’s; Donna Kessinger, CAP Facilitator; Sandra Ruiz Butter, Executive Director of VIP Community Services, and Elenore Penziner, Manager of External Affairs of VIP Community Services.
BXMA Collaborative Art Project 2002
IMAGE OF RALPHIE
one time PS1 Avant Guard and resident of the South Bronx
one time PS1 Avant Guard and resident of the South Bronx
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