{"id":629896,"date":"2024-08-05T21:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-culture-explores-a-dialogue-between-hip-hop-and-fine-art\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:38:27","slug":"the-culture-explores-a-dialogue-between-hip-hop-and-fine-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-culture-explores-a-dialogue-between-hip-hop-and-fine-art\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Culture explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n #content_block-263108 {\n   background: #d699f5;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-263108 {\n   background: #d699f5;\n   margin-bottom: 60px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> .caption {\n   color: ;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: ;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263108\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      <i>The Culture<\/i> explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      A new exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum teases out connections between the gallery and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, but leaves conclusions up to viewers.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\"triple_gutter_left triple_gutter_right image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_agfxwc\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Courtesy the Cincinnati Art Museum.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2024%2F08%2F05%2Fthe-culture-explores-a-dialogue-between-hip-hop-and-fine-art%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=The%20Culture%20explores%20a%20dialogue%20between%20hip-hop%20and%20fine%20art&amp;via=thefader\" class=\"new_social_footer_button twitter new_social_share_button\" data-ga-event-category=\"Social Share\" data-ga-event-label=\"Twitter\" data-ga-on=\"click\" data-ga-event-action=\"cilck\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Twitter-8d78f695280aa3f8a4461702c68e9fcbfd6042af1600c62d49fdec4b735fb57a.png\"><br \/>\n    <!-- <span>Tweet<\/span> --><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\"><br \/>\n        <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263105\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Traipsing through <i>The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century<\/i>, on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum through September 29, 2024, I felt desperate to press my fingers against piece after piece, consequences be damned. There was the mercerized cotton of Jayson Musson\u2019s \u201cKnowledge of God,\u201d a rainbow weave that seemed to thread Coogi sweater flexes to dreamcoats of Biblical yore, and the inky elastic durags of \u201cCAMOUFLAGE #105 (Metropolis)\u201d by Anthony Olubumni Akinbola, museum lights glinting off its surface like sun on waves. These works may have been static, but certainly not inert, eagerly reacting to viewers: the metallic forcefield of staples shrouding Wilmer Wilson IV\u2019s \u201cRID UM\u201d shimmered with prickly energy, offering a slightly different experience from each angle, while the lightweight silk of \u201cAscent\u201d by John Edmonds wriggled under the slightest breath.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263114\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22CAMOUFLAGE_105_Metropolis_22_2022_by_Anthony_Olubunmi_Akinbola_ju8qct\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      &#8220;CAMOUFLAGE #105 (Metropolis)&#8221; (2022) by Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola. Photo by Vivian Medithi.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/22Knowledge_of_God_22_2015_by_Jayson_Musson_zvkxqv\/camouflage-105-metropolis-2022-by-anthony-olubunmi-akinbola-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      &#8220;Knowledge of God&#8221; (2015) by Jayson Musson. Photo by Vivian Medithi.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263106\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The tactile allure of these artworks mirrors the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/baltimore-museum-of-art-the-culture-hip-hop-contemporary-art-exhibition-2279460\">graspable language<\/a>\u201d underpinning the exhibit, which highlights the surprisingly wide middle ground between the seemingly disparate realms of \u201chigh brow\u201d visual art and \u201clow brow\u201d rap music. Initially conceived as a collaboration between the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Saint Louis Art Museum as a celebration of hip-hop\u2019s 50th anniversary, <i>The Culture<\/i> side steps grand, definitive statements about where hip-hop has been or is going. Instead, the exhibit seems content to start an open-ended conversation \u2014 the specific conclusions audiences draw are less important than the simple fact of their reaction to the work in the first place.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263123\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263107\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            An exhibit of this sort is doomed from the outset to serve as a partial survey of a wide-ranging field, and it\u2019s a testament to the thoughtful and idiosyncratic curation of Professor Jason Rawls here in Ohio (as well as prior curators Asma Naeem, Gamynne Guillotte, Andr\u00e9a Purnell, and Hannah Klemm) that <i>The Culture<\/i> is intimate rather than daunting, accessible rather than overwhelming. Constructing a space where Marcel Duchamp-inspired <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9SdZHCOJ0Q\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">text work<\/a> can converse with Lil Kim\u2019s wigs and photography by Carrie Mae Weems, <i>The Culture<\/i> maintains an amorphous, expansive vision of hip-hop, neither pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ive nor exclusionary. Works are loosely grouped into six categories under headings like \u201cLanguage\u201d and \u201cPose,\u201d though these classifications quickly begin to bleed into each other: a leather bomber jacket from Gucci\u2019s collaboration with Dapper Dan situated under \u201cBrand\u201d could have easily fit next to the Hank Willis Thomas grills under \u201cAdornment;\u201d a quasi-Cubist acrylic painting by El Franco Lee II honoring DJ Screw in \u201cTribute\u201d could logically slot into \u201cAscension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            These section divisions feel more arbitrary than organizing, but <i>The Culture<\/i> nevertheless finds a comfortable flow, with larger pieces by ceramicist Roberto Lugo, painter Shinique Smith, and installation artist Lauren Halsey serving as natural rests in between the staccato rhythm of memorabilia and smaller scale artworks. It\u2019s here that the exhibition\u2019s weirdness really shines through, from a porcelain-and-cigarette-butt Kahlil Robert Irving sculpture grappling with police brutality to a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>tych of photos by Alex de Mora tracing hip-hop\u2019s global reach all the way to Mongolia. I was particularly taken by Robert Pruitt\u2019s 2004 piece \u201cFor Whom the Bell Curves,\u201d a wall sculpture of gold chains retracing the lines of the Transatlantic slave trade, which offered a particularly woozy emotional whiplash between its pleasing aesthetics and discomfiting semiotics; and by Larry W. Cook\u2019s video piece \u201cPicture Me Rollin\u2019,\u201d which sets the Big Tymers clip for \u201cGet Your Roll On\u201d to a chopped-and-screwed iteration of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI Have A Dream,\u201d an admittedly cheesy mashup I found compelling anyways.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263116\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22For_Whom_the_Bell_Curves_22_2004_by_Robert_Pruitt_xkmq6n\/for-whom-the-bell-curves-2004-by-robert-pruitt-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      &#8220;For Whom the Bell Curves&#8221; (2004) by Robert Pruitt. Photo by Vivian Medithi.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263109\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            At times, <i>The Culture<\/i> highlighted the limitations of what a museum exhibition can be. The inclusion of pieces like Chance the Rapper\u2019s overalls and Travis Scott\u2019s Air Jordans are understandable from a marketing perspective, but their presence here makes genuinely cool tracksuits by Baby Phat and Telfar seem tacky by association. Pharrell Williams\u2019s endlessly memed Vivienne Westwood hat is here, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/arbys-buys-pharrell-williams-iconic-hat-44-100-2d79304456\">on loan from Arby\u2019s<\/a>; in similarly investment-savvy fashion, Williams has in turn loaned the collection a bomber jacket from his own Adidas collab, an unimpressive bit of sponcon jammed in the middle of the gallery. Commodification is part of hip-hop\u2019s DNA, but does it have to be so gauche?<\/p>\n<p>            Elsewhere, an NFT by Derrick Adams paid homage to JAY-Z\u2019s <i>Reasonable Doubt<\/i> cover, though the most interesting thing about it was that the Web3 smart contract was indistinguishable in presentation from a regular video. And laying limp against the gallery wall, Devan Shimoyama\u2019s chain of bedazzled Timberlands felt corny rather than transcendent. The omission of Kanye West-related pieces made perfect sense given the embattled ex-superstar\u2019s antisemitism, but his forays into apparel and creative exchanges with artists like Takashi Murakami, George Condo, and Virgil Abloh feel far more pertinent to the landscape of contemporary hip-hop than some of the work on display here.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263115\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-08-05_at_1.32.20_PM_ay67yv\/courtesy-the-cincinnati-art-museum.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Courtesy the Cincinnati Art Museum.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263124\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263110\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n             Case in point: the Arthur Jafa-directed video for \u201c4:44\u201d by JAY-Z, which plays in a main floor gallery as a teaser to the exhibit proper. The clip finds Jafa shrinking the scope of his found footage video collage to an interpersonal, rather than institutional scale, deploying his typically jerky edit style toward catharsis for disloyal husbands. But this <i>is<\/i> a music video for the guy who once said \u201cI\u2019m not a businessman, I&#8217;m a <i>business<\/i>, man;\u201d as Shawn Carter has climbed to capitalism\u2019s upper echelons, his interest in fine art has come across like a well-funded branding exercise just as often as it has manifested genuinely intriguing work. And it\u2019s hard to be upset this isn\u2019t Jafa\u2019s peak when his middling work remains choppily magnetic, deftly playing with the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmcomment.com\/blog\/interview-arthur-jafa\/\">gap between images<\/a>,\u201d the gestalt of their juxtaposition.<\/p>\n<p>            Though his practice includes sculptures and paintings, Jafa\u2019s principle medium is video collage, assembling found footage to surprisingly disarming effect. The pacing of the Internet at large occasionally makes the juxtaposition in Jafa\u2019s videos, which stack images of racialized policing, surveillance, and violence against memes, flexes, and interstellar imagery, feel quaint or predictable. And his work can be intentionally jarring <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/altcitizen.com\/the-fraught-politics-of-wide-spread-circulation-a-deep-dive-into-the-work-of-arthur-jafa-director-of-kanye-wests-wash-us-in-the-blood\/\">to the point of offense<\/a>, as when his 2020 video for Kanye West and Travis Scott collaboration \u201cWash Us in the Blood\u201d utilized footage of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. But by and large, Jafa achieves a supercharged reaction thanks to his earnest desire to push audiences to confront capital letter Preconceptions about Race, both in society and in themselves.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263117\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JAY-Z - 4:44\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSkA61esq_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('263117');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263111\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            \u201c4:44\u201d by JAY-Z fails to meet this lofty mark, more technically good than passionately great. In that, the video more readily recalls the clickbaity conceptual art of 2013\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=67m0ng6fKQE\">Picasso Baby<\/a>\u201d than Jafa\u2019s video art. The quantum differential became crystal clear when I stumbled into <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/visit.mcachicago.org\/exhibitions\/arthur-jafa-mca-collection\/\">a collection of Jafa\u2019s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago<\/a> a month later. Unconcerned with digestibility or approachability, these pieces cheerfully pushed viewers\u2019 buttons at warp-speed, clobbering audiences with a deluge of images and sounds. Despite the visual bludgeoning, clips invariably stick in your memory: for weeks, I\u2019ve been reminiscing on an excerpt of \u201cThe White Album\u201d in my head, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qC3HCjCH2bY\">a group of cybergoths dancing under a bridge to \u201cMask Off\u201d by Future and Metro Boomin<\/a>. In a way, this sort of information overload, constructed around a mountain of recontextualized samples, feels more honest and representative of hip-hop than any neatly arranged gallery catalog could ever hope to be.<\/p>\n<p>            Nevertheless <i>The Culture<\/i> feels fresh and fairly plugged in, even if you get the sense a 2slimey song would leave the curators with a ringing headache. An altar by Texas Isaiah placed a 2008 issue of The FADER featuring Aaliyah on the cover amidst items including a copy of bell hooks\u2019s <i>all about love<\/i>, a CD of <i>Rhythm Nation<\/i> by Janet Jackson, prayer candles, a plastic wrapped cigar, and a magazine featuring Lil Nas X; at the exhibit\u2019s close, a Caitlin Cherry oil painting \u201cBruja Cybernetica\u201d stacks Getty Images shots of City Girls and Bia against screenshots of TikToks and memes, soaking the collage in psychedelic color. An untitled Nina Chanel Abney piece recreated the collage artist\u2019s cover for Meek Mill\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theroot.com\/meek-mill-s-expensive-pain-album-artwork-on-bus-causes-1847865793\">2021 album<\/a> <i>Expensive Pain<\/i> on a background of pink rather than blue, transfixing this writer time and again, while a pair of enormous Nike Air Force 1\u2019s, constructed out of car parts by Aaron Fowler in 2022, seemed to mimic the shoes\u2019 outsize presence in American life near the museum\u2019s entrance.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-263118\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22RID_UM_22_2018_by_Wilmer_Wilson_IV_wjlzwx\/rid-um-2018-by-wilmer-wilson-iv-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      &#8220;RID UM&#8221; (2018) by Wilmer Wilson IV. Photo by Vivian Medithi.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263112\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            One of my favorite corners of the exhibit found a vivid Lambda print portrait by Hassan Hajjaj titled \u201cCardi B Unity\u201d positioned near a Cross Colours bucket hat the rapper wore at the 2018 Grammys and a minimalist wooden sculpture by Tariku Shiferaw entitled \u201cMoney (Cardi B).\u201d Toggling between lowbrow and highbrow, the dialogue between these pieces was left up to interpretation, unmediated by gallery labels. The audience was left to bounce between concrete representation and abstracted homage on their own, connecting the dots from start to finish the best they can. In that sense, <i>The Culture<\/i> feels a bit like the beat on a cypher, an insistent backing track waiting for individuals to make it their own.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-263119\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/22DJ_Screw_in_Heaven_22_2008_by_El_Franco_Lee_II_ukdwyj\/dj-screw-in-heaven-2008-by-el-franco-lee-ii-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      &#8220;DJ Screw in Heaven&#8221; (2008) by El Franco Lee II. Photo by VIvian Medithi<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263113\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Untitled_xefzrp\/untitled-2023-by-texas-isaiah-photo-by-vivian-medithi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;The Culture&lt;\/i&gt; explores a dialogue between hip-hop and fine art\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      &#8220;Untitled&#8221; (2023) by Texas Isaiah. Photo by Vivian Medithi.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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